Right. But when it comes to ISIS, the goal is to make sure they are ultimately destroyed.

If we are not, we are giving Damascus to the Iranians.

If we leave too soon, Turkey is going to go after the Kurds that helped us destroy ISIS.

Do you agree with me, leaving them alone does not mean they are going to leave you alone?

I want to compliment you and President Trump for changing those rules of engagement.

More people need to contribute money. President Trump is right. The Arabs need to pay more and other countries need to contribute more.

Is the President's statement about withdrawing from Syria--is that conditions-based withdrawal or is he just going to withdraw because he is tired of being in Syria?

The goal is two: to destroy ISIL, the total destruction of ISIS, and to combat the malign influence of Iran.

Sustaining this weapon technology and the industrial base that produces it is of critical importance to US national security.

We absolutely believe that what we have done to try and fix the economy... is good for the government.

We took a lot of heat as an administration and you did as a legislature for passing the tax bill that supposedly would run up the deficit.

There is no such thing as a deficit. It is simply a future tax increase delayed.

We need folks to go back to work. You talk about the dignity of work. You are absolutely right.

Is it easier to spend money than it is to cut? Absolutely.

We have asked many other agencies to become more efficient. We are asking SSA to do the same thing.

Absolutely. And would look forward to working with you on ideas. Again, I do not think that this is the chamber that is necessarily broken at this particular time.

The folks who want to work are the people that we are relying on to grow the workforce, to grow the economy, to grow the GDP.

I continue to agree with the statement of the head of the Joint Chiefs several years ago that said one of the greatest threats to the Nation was the debt.