What you're saying is the strongest nation in the world with the most capable military can't even establish a no-fly zon...
I've always favored closing Guantanamo, for a whole variety of reasons.
Hard is not hopeless.
If barrel bombs against Syrian civilians stop, would you expect the flow of refugees to increase or decrease?
I think it is an excellent question and it is alarming what has happened in the past 2 months.
Our military efforts are directed at degrading and defeating ISIL but seem to ignore Russia, Assad, Iran and Al Qaeda.
I highlight the leadership of Chairman McCain in this regard for questioning the strategy in Iraq before 2007.
Harry Truman must be spinning in his grave. If there is an opposite for Commander in Chief, this is it.
To Putin, weakness is provocative.
There is, at present in Iraq, an unprecedented opportunity to support Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
In my judgment, increased support for the Iraqi Security Forces, Sunni tribal forces, and Kurdish peshmerga is needed.
This Committee has also long played a critical oversight role, posing tough questions about U.S. policy and strategy.
The cause of Iraq's unraveling over the past several years was the corrupt sectarian and authoritarian behavior of forme...
the lack of a strategy to say that we can--have to take out Syrian air defenses in order to establish a no-fly zone is s...
We still have some work to do.
The only way we can ask the taxpayer to give us more money for defense, which we need, is if we can also show that we us...
Inaction can also carry profound risks and costs for our national security.
Assad cannot be part of the solution in Syria.
