"I think this thing is completely and utterly ridiculous, that there's a political debate about a well-thought-out, well-planned -- and listen, if everything was perfect this would be a different world. It's not."
"I would argue probably not. And there were some things to do."
"Again, I'm arguing that I agreed with President Obama in 2011, and I agree with the notion that you need a tougher security view."
"I just think that it would have been smarter to bring those people in and walk through the process including by the way the attorney general, the acting attorney general to say how would you implement..."
"I do believe it contributed to the loss of life in Iraq, and I do believe it cost us problems in our diplomatic relations around the world."
"Thirty-five years, he should have done every day of it."
"There's not enough adjectives I certainly can't say it even here on cable TV how I feel about this decision."
"He said it would be Vladimir Putin and he doesn't believe a lot goes on without his knowing something that would influence politics in another country."
"The decision of how our Nation responds to a state-sponsored malicious cyberattack is one made by our Nation's leaders."
"the Russians are the peer competitor to us. But I look at other nations. You look at China, for example, and the level of capability and investment they are making."
"I do not think it is in the best interest of any of our nations to be in this confrontational approach to doing business."