I think that the Kim regime in North Korea has regime survival as its first tenet--not helping its people but regime survival.
Jane Harman
The Public Record
But imposing sanctions and continuing to impose them on Iran's malign behavior in the region, which is permissible, is the right way to go.
This is the third chance for Ukraine for this government to say to folks, hey, you fought and died in the Maidan.
If the resources from the West just go into McMansions for a few oligarchs or fat bank accounts, that is unacceptable.
Senator McCain is right when he says Russia's economy is a gas station and Russia is a gas station posing as a country.
Everyone cares about Ukraine's economic future, but Ukraine has to care about Ukraine's economic future.
Putin already has not learned Colin Powell's Pottery Barn rule: if you break it, you own it.
There will be austerity measures required to qualify for IMF loans, substantial, huge IMF loans.
Should America offer robust leadership all over the world? The answer to that needs to be yes.
The problem is the business model is broken and that is a frustration I know for all of you.
As I have often said, the terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.
I agree with Senator Lieberman that Syria could easily become the sequel to Afghanistan in training large numbers of terrorists.
Absolutely not. I have been saying lately no more pivots. I think U.S. leadership and focus is needed everywhere in the world.
I would just suggest, with respect, Mr. Chairman, that calling all of these different groups al-Qaeda emboldens al-Qaeda.
I do think there was a terror attack in Benghazi, just to go over that point, and I do think we were underprepared.
Enact cybersecurity legislation so that we are protected against what is a growing threat.
Honor the service of those who followed orders and went to Iraq and Afghanistan: 6,000 died, they leave behind families.
I've always said that terrorists won't stop to check our party registration before they blow us up.
Continue the counterterrorism mission in not just the greater Middle East but around the world.
The biggest threats to the U.S. homeland are home-grown, lone-wolf terror attacks and cyber-terror attacks.





