Given sequestration's impending return a little more than two months from now, we must acknowledge that the world is more dangerous today than it was in 2013.

Thank you to the panelists. We are shuttling back and forth between various committees today.

If we tell you what to do, you will do it.

Well, we will put that to a vote, and I think we will get a nice show of hands there.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Wisconsin. ____________________

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The Taiwan Relations Act states that 'the United States will make available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense services...'

I am firmly committed to maintaining Taiwan's self-defense capability.

Assad has lost all legitimacy and cannot be part of the future of Syria.

I hope that as the Services continue to reassess their force mixture that those sentiments that you expressed very well will continue to be at the forefront of your mind.

Certainly one's religious freedom should never be curtailed merely because one decides to serve one's country in the military.

I think the ability to believe according to one's own belief system and to express those views appropriately is of utmost importance to the morale of all of our service men and women and to their families.

I didn't think that we ought to be putting this burden disproportionately on the Department of Defense as we were.

Ultimately, the solution to overcome sectarian divisions must come from the leaders and communities within the region. No amount of U.S. investment alone will be sufficient.

The stated objective of the United States in the conflict against ISIS is to defeat the group and leave a stable, unified government in Iraq and a post-Assad state in Syria.