We have been focused on ISIL since its inception as the successor to Al Qaeda of Iraq in 2013.
The invasion was ISIL into Iraq. The invasion is foreign fighters into Syria.
It was quite astonishing to be in Jeddah the other day with the Saudis, Emiratis, the Bahrainis, the Jordanians, the Qat...
I state unequivocally, and it is not a passing sentence, that I welcome the input, need the input of this committee
We must be clear-eyed about the risks before providing our enduring support for this operation.
We need to ensure that whatever authorization for the use of military force we consider is comprehensive and appropriate...
ISIL must be defeated, period. End of story.
I do hope that the Secretary today will outline the true nature of the threat.
I am very disappointed that the administration has chosen to go about what they are doing without explicitly seeking the...
The bottom line is we will not be successful with a military campaign alone, and we know it.
So as President Obama described last week when he spoke directly to the American people, we do have a clear strategy to ...
We redoubled our efforts, frankly, to help move the Iraqi political process forward.
I believe we need to defeat ISIL before they develop the operational capacity to perform a September 11-like attack.
We must not repeat the mistakes of the past, given the nature of the threat we face.
We have been pushing for it for longer than that.
It is a multiyear effort. The President has already said that.
This is not a threat that a single country or region can take on alone.
We believe that, ultimately, there is no solution to Syria without a political settlement.
