"you have to worry more about running the country than running for reelection"
"Did we do everything we could to protect them?"
"it has to do now with Americans and patriotism."
"In my world, any answer but a yes is a no, so if it takes a long time to explain it, it is because you are hitting on stuff that is a little sensitive."
"I think when you sit back and you watch as this unwound or did not unwind, and as the Chairman continued to ask questions and was stonewalled, you begin to get a feeling that, you know what? While we ..."
"I mean, they have the right to know and we certainly have the responsibility to find out for them."
"I was very moved, I have to tell you. One of the first hearings here was Agent Terry's family was here..."
"It just, to me, is, again, an indication of if we really mean what we say and say what we mean, we have to do it."
"I don't think there is any question about what China's intentions are and where they are going."
"We have become kind of a toothless tiger who continues to say what we are going to do and then backs off in the end."
"Now, sequestration is going to lead to the smallest Navy since 1915, the smallest ground force since 1940, the smallest Air Force in our history."
"I think our ability to build coalitions is dwindling very quickly, when our allies continue to question our ability to really show up and help them on the day that they need the help."