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I want you to, because there is going to be a moment when you're going to have to say: I don't need this job, because I'm being asked to do something that I shouldn't do.

To put a point on this, the three most serious foreign policy mistakes in my lifetime are the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, and the invasion of Iraq.

I'm concerned about reports that the President is changing the composition of the so-called Principals Committee on the National Security Council.

We are all trying to get this right, because we have a lot of veterans who are in pain.

It's clear to me and I think everybody in this room that the VA, and God bless them, they are doing a horrible job when it comes to this issue.

But war does not always necessarily--when you use the term 'war,' you are not necessarily, at least in this day and age, talking about nation states.

You cannot kill an idea with a gun.

Should we not also be talking about a much more vigorous, strong, focused information war with this Islamic terrorist faction that is so dangerous?

All of you have testified in one way or another about one of the important features of a new strategy is the dispersement of assets, a distribution somewhat across the country.

It is feasible. We tried that. I tried very hard in behalf of President Obama to get the Arab states to take steps in the direction of normalization, based on the Arab peace initiative, proposed initially by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

I think he's confronted with the realities now. You can say anything you want on the campaign trail. You can promise anything you want. But when you confront the hard realities, when you're in office, when you get information that makes it…

I am proud of the Committee's work on this crucial issue to help seniors become more aware and informed, and to put criminals on notice that they will be stopped and brought to justice.

This Committee's longstanding dedication to fighting fraud against seniors is raising awareness and prompting enforcement actions that are making a real difference.

The criminals who prey on seniors are relentless. They will harass seniors until they have drained every penny in their life savings.

I really appreciated not only the settlement with Western Union that is going to lead to some restitution, but the quick work of the Inspector General's Office for Tax Administration that really stopped a fraud in progress.

That is so important because in the vast majority of these cases, once the money has been wired, it is gone forever, and it is very difficult to trace.

It is great to have you as a member of the Committee.

Do you think if we are able to balance our books, ma'am, and start paying down our debt, that would help our economy grow?