The people I represent want to know from me... what is the Department doing to deploy its resources to address that problem?

I also am concerned about how it is we treat in every way possible, by pay and in terms of morale, the men and women who are on the border.

While doing so, we must also protect against violating the privacy and civil liberties of the American public.

During times of heightened security concerns, like those we currently face in light of the potential threat ISIL poses, there is a tendency to cast aside privacy concerns in favor of security at any cost.

I believe this is the first time we had an FBI director before the committee to testify.

President Obama rejected the advice of many of his top military leaders to leave a residual force.

Will Saudi pilots in Saudi jets be involved in airstrikes?

I want us to win. I want us to defeat ISIS.

General Dempsey, last week it was reported that Marine Corps Harriers operating off the USS Bataan carried out a strike against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL).

I am willing to help the President, and to help you gentlemen, take this hill again if I believe there is a plan that will work and be successful.

I wish to spend a few moments speaking about national defense. As we all know, last week, in a much anticipated address to the Nation, President Obama outlined a plan to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. I want my colleagues to…

I have no idea, based on your testimony, what our coalition partners are expected to do.

The surge in Iraq, ordered by President George W. Bush, worked.

I want to make sure that we don't make the same mistake again by throwing those gains away.

I thank the distinguished President pro tempore. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Mississippi. ____________________

I wish to make some comments about the remarks of our distinguished leader and to join him in calling on Senators to remember this day and historical experience of 9/11 and to commit this body to our best efforts to help ensure our…

I continue to be concerned that the Administration is not heeding the warnings of these experts for the mission that it has designed.

its benefits for advancing the knowledge of asteroids and furthering planetary defense strategies are limited and not compelling.