what we know better than ever is that we have the finest military force in the world and these are volunteers, unbelievable young men and women from around the country, and they should be the lever of power that we use the least and last

I supported that. I do support it. I want to see us proceed forward.

we have not moved away from conventional warfare.

I think the template for the future is to have--you know, only use our military when absolutely necessary and have a plan to get them out as soon and as safely as we can.

you have my pledge as someone coming from the legislative branch going to the executive branch, I'm not confused as to what it's going to take to get this done, and it's going to take the political will of the American people

from the day that the Starr referral was delivered to the House, I have said that the decision to impeach the President called upon me to consider the Constitution, my conscience and my constituents