Jeff Flake actually said...

Without our military there actually conducting ground operations, our efforts have been in the diplomatic field.

Flake emphasizes the lack of military involvement and the focus on diplomacy.

07/23/2014

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We cannot continue to go year after year after year without doing that.

I think that here, you know, in the Senate we aspire to be more than just one cog on a feedback loop.

Congress needs to weigh in. We have to make sure that our adversaries, and our allies, and, most importantly, our troops know that we speak ...

We have got to have a situation where the Congress is more involved here.