John McCain

Well, here we are with stringent economic measures needed to be taken, and we are spending $230,000 to put radio collars on bighorn sheep, and maybe we need to put radio collars on bighorn sheep, but to call that a mitigation of the…

Senator Collins and I wrote to you asking for justification over media reports...

That kind of reduction... does not keep aircraft in the air 24/7.

It was a very professional and impressive operation.

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Secretary Donley, will the Air Force comply with the request made by me and the Chairman in our letter dated March 19, 2012, not to implement any of its proposed force structure reductions in 2012 before Congress has authorized it to do so?

Secretary Mabus, will the Navy comply with the request made by me and the chairman in our letter of March 19, 2012, not to implement any of its proposed force structure reductions in 2012 before Congress has authorized the Navy to do so?

The longer this drags out, the higher the negatives of our -- of Mitt Romney and the harder it will be to win the election in November.

We have the capacity, in my view, to stop Assad and the slaughter but it's also going to require sanctuary, arms training and some other things as well.

By the way, the -- the Saudi foreign minister called for arming the rebels.

If Assad were taken down, it would be the greatest blow to Iran in 25 years.

I would -- I would hope so, but I can't tell the other candidates what they should do. They have to make their own decisions. I am aware how tough an environment this is and -- so they have to make up their own minds. But it is a fact that…

What does the United States stand for? What do we believe in? We believe in freedom.

If we can do something about it, and we can, we should, unilaterally, and it's going to -- excuse me, not unilaterally, no boots on the ground, with other nations who will join us if we lead and we can bring this to a halt.

We spend almost $1 trillion a year on the military, Anderson. And we can't take out air defenses of Syria? That is an horrific waste of the taxpayers' dollars.

We need to act and we need to act with other nations who will join us in this cause.

I think we need a coalition of nations that would join together and stop the massacre that's taking place in Syria as we speak.

You have reported extensively. There are 7,500 people who have been massacred and more to come.

Senator John McCain called for the U.S. to lead an international effort to protect the Syrian population with air strikes.

John McCain called on the U.S. to lead an international effort to protect the Syrian population from air strikes.

The time is running out. Assad's forces are on the march. Providing military assistance to the Free Syrian Army and other opposition groups is necessary but at this late hour that alone will not be sufficient to stop the slaughter and save…

What's beyond debate is that Iraq today is less violent, more democratic and more prosperous--and the United States more deeply engaged there--than at any time in recent history.

[y]ou can base the F-35 or any weapon system at multiple locations and that requires additional support equipment.

A massacre is taking place in Syria today and all options need to be on the table.

Director Clapper, to date, legislative proposals before Congress have done very little to address this real concern.