John McCain

If we were to lose this, it would set back many of the other countries and peoples, particularly in Eastern Europe, who are looking forward to and have their eyes set on the West and becoming a part of NATO.

It underscores NATO's outreach and ability to bring in those who want to determine their own means of government and become a part of NATO.

We strongly condemn this attack and will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with our NATO ally and our partners to defeat terrorism.

To counter this insidious Russian interference, we must begin by recognizing it as a national security threat.

Russia violated Ukrainian sovereignty and annexed Crimea, a seminal event that revealed what had already been increasingly obvious for years.

We stand in solidarity with the British people, committed as ever to our special relationship and to the common defense of our security and our values.

The heroism and sacrifice of those who served has nothing to do with the mission itself.

When you have women and children killed... that mission is not a success.

I hope we will be developing a strategy as regards to Libya as the volatility of that situation can clearly lead to the rise of ISIS and other extremist organizations.

I foresee a train wreck here, and I am not sure that the administration recognizes how seriously particularly President Erdogan views the threat that he views that the Kurds oppose.

We find ourselves in kind of a strange situation that we and the Russians are allied against the Turks, as far as the Kurds are concerned.

Thank you for your leadership, and we do want you to be assured that we will do everything we can to support you as we go through what is a very complicated and difficult challenge.

In some measurements, maybe you could argue that when we go from control of 72 percent of the country to 52 percent, that is worse than a stalemate.

I am confident that with your support, Africa Command will protect and promote United States interests and keep the United States safe from threats emanating from Africa.

We have got a very interesting and challenging situation in Syria, and that is the whole issue of the Kurds, our relationship with them, Erdogan's relationship with them.

The check is in the mail?

It is a solemn treaty obligation we made that we would provide health and education to our Native Americans.

It is difficult to justify providing BIA with more funding now that GAO had deemed them a high risk agency.

The Senator from Arizona, Mr. McCain, came in long enough to express his concerns on education.

I think by any measurement they are failing.

Senator McCain, Vice Chairman Udall, and Secretary Zinke expressed a desire to see improvement in the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-funded school system.

I hope you will take this as a priority and maybe give us a report on the fiscal conditions of the BIE schools in my home State for openers.

I hope we would encourage the Native Americans who exercise tribal sovereignty to make additional choices as to how they can best educate their students.

I would argue that if there is one thing we owe our Native Americans, it is to give their children a decent education.

That is why we must not abandon our effort to provide choice and flexibility in veterans' health care.