I think, ultimately, Iraqi nationalism will trump Iranian meddling.

I think the fact that we made a good-faith engagement with Iran has actually brought more of the international community with us now that we are moving on the pressure track.

I think his standard that we should be flexible, pragmatic, and aggressive in making those decisions is a good one.

The Iraqi people are pretty clear that they don't want a government that's made in Tehran.

I have long worked to improve and fund the LEAP program. As such, I was disappointed that the President's fiscal year 2011 budget eliminated funding for LEAP.

I think the Iranians lost the election.

I want to applaud your steadfast defense of the principles of American justice as Attorney General.

A sanctions approach is not a magic wand.

Do you agree that we must leverage the ability of States, institutions, businesses, and philanthropic organizations to partner together and provide necessary aid and support for students and that the Federal Government cannot be the only…

The only absolutely dispositive way to end any potential weapons program would be to physically occupy their country and to disestablish their nuclear facilities.

I think our military forces with high confidence could undertake such an operation. But, I think that there would be consequences to our readiness and to the challenges that we already face in this Nation economically to pay for a war, et…

The election was successful, very much so.

I am going to thank Senator Hagan for her gracious hospitality. This is payback for not leaving you in Afghanistan.

Rhode Island faces the Nation's third highest unemployment rate at 12.7 percent and a recession that hit earlier than any other State.

This is not a strictly, indeed, perhaps even most importantly, a military operation; it's a combined military-civilian operation.

One of the consequences of this severe financial crisis is more than 30 States have borrowed up to $35 billion from the Federal Government to continue paying their regular unemployment compensation benefits.

That transition point is not a withdrawal, but it is a transition to a different mission.

Senator Reed, we are on the right track now.