John McCain

The All-Volunteer Force is a national treasure.

Only a President of the United States can make decisions along the lines of what we are discussing, with or without, in some cases, the approval of Congress.

I believe we need a policy, an unequivocal policy that says we are not going to let Iran have a nuclear weapon.

Let's face it, I mean, cyberattacks on the United States have been absolutely exploding, you know, in terms of stealing technology, intellectual property, and obviously also in just stealing critical information.

I think that a very high priority, and a first priority of the administration, must be to go out and reassure, publicly and privately, the allies that we are fully committed to all of our defense commitments.

We don't have a policy as to how to combat cyberthreats?

The era of great-power rivalries has returned.

The unmistakable hegemonic ambitions of China and Russia threaten the stability and security of the world's two most important regions.

A strong military force is essential to maintaining the credibility of President-elect Trump's foreign policy.

President-elect Trump must return American leadership to meet these global challenges and do so in cooperation with our allies.

US concessions should not be on the table as a condition for better relations.

Deterrence is not achievable simply with enhanced capabilities, your adversary must believe you intend to use it.

Our basic strategy in dealing with Russia should be through strength and resolve.

I would hope that we would avoid the disastrous pullout we did in 2011, which had incredible consequences, as we all know.

The major geopolitical issue for the United States in Iraq is political unity with that government and diminishing Iran's strategic influence on Iraq.

We need to develop a comprehensive strategy, but we can't do that until we form a global alliance to push back against what is a global threat.

We know we have to name it, we have to define it, and we have to explain it to the American people.

They don't trust us. They don't believe we're the reliable ally we used to be.

American leadership is crucial and indispensable in this world to global security and stability.

It doesn't seem to me to be a logical way to do business, particularly if we have the opportunity to buy more Deltas.

Wouldn't it better for us to--rather than giving tens of millions of dollars to Russia--Putin and his cronies, to buy more Deltas as part of the solution?

The interesting thing about this is that if you talk to literally any Governor in the northeast or midwest of this country today, they would say that this is practically an epidemic of--a dramatic increase in heroin drug overdose deaths.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to have a policy, General?

I think that's not a earth-shaking comment, to tell you the truth. I don't think we'll stop the presses.

It's not in our interest in any way to continue our dependency on Russian rocket engines.