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There's a perception that it is the military's responsibility to fix the problem. Problems are not fixed by militaries.

I think it is a little confusing when we hear about our deterrent described as unaffordable, and to me the alternative, letting that deterrent age out--that has the unaffordable cost to us.

We need to step forward and really see that through if we are going to continue to enjoy the security that we have as a country.

I appreciate your views on that, and I agree with your views.

Do you have specific proposals that the commission recommended?

Not everyone at the White House has agreed with me.

Because I had the responsibility and I play my own game here. And that is because by law, I am the one official in government charged with certification with release of detainees. I take that responsibility very seriously.

I personally would like to see the Highway Trust Fund used for roads and bridges.

I would be very happy to work with you on those, with my office, especially so we can stop the redundancy that I believe is happening.

I think those reviews need to be performance-oriented, not solely process-based and certainly not inflexible.

I am talking about very sparsely populated areas, where in many cases there is one person per square mile.

Zarif represents the Iranian regime. And, Zarif is a very good negotiator.

I wish the Obama administration luck in their strategy of playing out these talks for the next 2 years.

I look forward to working with Senator Menendez, Chairman Shelby, and other Members of this Committee to build a bipartisan veto-proof majority to enact the Kirk-Menendez Iran legislation to decisively end Iran's nuclear threat once and…

we have to stop talking about only two groups, the pragmatists and the hard-liners.

we are negotiating with a party that does not actually have the power to conclude any kind of deal that we would actually want.