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Mr. President, I urge a ``yes'' vote on amendment No. 400. Unfortunately, the bipartisan work we have done on the Veterans Choice Card has not been properly implemented by the VA. Our veterans want this choice of private care. The Senator…

Do you anticipate this is going to be a self-funded thing?

I want to thank the Chair. Also thank Senator Donnelly.

if there are no consequences for Iran's most recent violation--which is clearly designed to test U.S. resolve and see what they can get away with--won't that simply exacerbate this consistent Iranian willingness to ignore its obligations…

King Abdullah shares our assessment that the coalition has degraded ISIL's capability.

What is Iraqi Prime Minster Abadi doing to create an inclusive Iraqi government and Iraqi security forces?

if we capture al-Baghdadi or Ayman al-Zawahiri, where would we detain them for long term law of war detention and interrogation?

The King was appreciative of United States support to Jordan.

Shouldn't there be a response from the United States of America? We had, recently, a panel of experts here, and I asked each of them--and they came from different perspectives--if we should respond. They all agreed, 'Yes.'

What specific steps does the administration plan to take in order to respond to Iran's ballistic missile test and the U.N. Security Council resolution violation?

I'd like to see the administration speak out against this.

It seems like it's just beginning, really, as we think about this unholy alliance between Russia and Iran.

will United States interrogators have access to the five ISIS terrorists detained in the October 22 joint Iraqi Peshmerga and United States raid.

What is the administration going to do about Iran's October 10th ballistic missile test that violated U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929?

The King is clearly concerned how the Counter-ISIL campaign might impact Jordan, either through ISIL attacks near Jordan's borders with Syria and Iraq or through a threat internal to the Kingdom.

I think it ought to be--it is outrageous. It ought to be fixed.

I hope you would agree with me that this is outrageous.

Prime Minister Abadi must balance the influence and interests of multiple internal and external actors in a difficult, fiscally constrained political environment.