This is precisely the sort of crisis which on both a moral and strategic basis calls for American leadership; if we decline to exercise such leadership, the consequences--for the Middle East and for our position there--may be grimmer still.

I know we have had, in this instance, some nontraditional donors, such as Gulf States.

You created al-Nusra by not helping us, and now you use their existence as an excuse not to help us.

Unfortunately, Congress did not take into account the harm to businesses and individuals as a result of what I have called this ridiculous sequestration.

Could I have this letter entered as part of the record?

The Administration did not decide to impose across-the-board cuts to spending at Government agencies. It was Congress that did that, using Congress' power of the purse.

I commended the effort undertaken by neighboring countries to leave their borders open.

Well, you have written on here that it is a 1986 fire truck and it is not old enough.

I would just urge us to coordinate our game plan better than we have in the past.

I think that there is at least a measure of bipartisan support for that kind of action.

Historians should look back at what might have happened, but didn't thanks to Nunn-Lugar.

We owe them. That is what the American dream has been about.

That is what this budget that is coming out tomorrow does. It honors the promise we made to people at or near retirement.

Absent reform--and this is a letter from the from Social Security Administration. When you retire, you get a letter.

With more than 14 million Americans depending on the Medicare Advantage program today, what do you think the Obamacare cuts mean for the beneficiaries enrolled?

We must consider reforms that address the structure of this very critical entitlement program.

The only question is, how long will America and Americans tolerate staring at these problems without fixing them for future generations?

If we do nothing, Medicare will not be there for our children and grandchildren.