John McCain

Isn't it true that right now, the way that the counterterrorism capability of the Afghans are today, that we cannot abandon that?

Did anybody recommend that we have a conditions-based decision about what kind of residual force we should leave behind?

We'll be fighting this for years to come, but facts are stubborn things and we could have left a residual force if we had wanted to do so.

The fact is that the President of the United States--there was never any public statement that the President made, the United States made, that said that he wanted to stay or have a residual force in Iraq.

I am concerned about the sanctuary in Pakistan.

One would hope that the President of the United States would look at the nightmare in Iraq today.

Both Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani said that they were concerned about even signing the BSA.

I am sure that Senator Graham, who just spent his Active Duty tour over in Afghanistan, will pursue this further.

Now we find our Free Syrian Army fighting on two fronts, Bashar Assad and his barrel bombs and now ISIS with equipment that they captured in Iraq now flowing into Syria, which has had, I can assure you--and I do not know what your…

Because the facts are stubborn things, Admiral Gortney, and that is that they are expediting these people across the Guatemalan border and the U.S.-Mexican border.

Sequestration will be disastrous, I believe, for your Army.

Senator McCain predicted in 2011 openly and directly that if we pulled out so rapidly in Iraq, as we ended up doing, that there would be grim consequences.

Who makes the final disposition decision to lift, sell, or grant?

Do you have an accurate accounting of all U.S. military equipment in Afghanistan?

TRANSCOM has successfully routed retrograde and redeploy cargo away from the PAKGLOC in the past with little to no affect on the strategic transportation network.

What is the status of the alternative logistics plan?

General Selva, please list the commands or agencies that provide guidance to TRANSCOM regarding retrograde of military equipment.

TRANSCOM was 'on track to remove all the necessary equipment and armaments from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.'

It's pretty clear that if we had had more definitive information that we would have gleaned from these programs, that there is strong probability within the Intelligence Community that we might have picked up on that.

If I had a recommendation for you it would be as much as possible, given the aspects of national security, that you give some speeches in various venues where you could explain better to the American people exactly what you're doing…

This individual violated a solemn oath that he made not to reveal this information and has damaged our ability to defend this Nation.

Mr. Snowden has done some really significant damage.

It was a real big deal.

You're on track right now?

Would you or would you not agree that a select committee would be a good idea?