I was protecting Congress' prerogative when it comes to declaring war.

the military option must remain on the table.

We do not favor containment. That is the President's position, and that was my position.

He said clearly that in his words, he has Israel's back.

If you do that, that is tantamount to giving the President of the United States authority to use military force against Iran.

We blundered into Iraq because of flawed intelligence, flawed assumptions, flawed judgments, and ideologically driven motives. We must not repeat these errors with Iran, and the best way to avoid them is to maintain an effective dialogue.

I make that commitment to this committee.

A strong, agile, safe, secure, effective, nuclear arsenal for the United States is not debatable.

I supported legislation to create a bipartisan commission several years ago to help us--Senator Levin and others supported that.

Bilateral, never unilateral. Nothing was ever suggested on a unilateral basis to take down our arsenal. Negotiated, verifiable.

In the surge case in Iraq, we lost almost 1,200 dead Americans during that surge and thousands of wounded.

The reason that they didn't is because they were involved in negotiations with the Russians in the U.N.

I think the President is right to consider those.

I've always argued against some of the dumb things they do because I don't think it's in the interest of Israel.

I have not supported unilateral sanctions because when it is us alone, they do not work and they just isolate the United States.

I am a strong supporter of Israel. I have been. I will continue to be.

I support the President's strong position on containment as I have said.

We have never made any part of a legitimate independent government designated them or made them part of a terrorist organization.