02/10/2016
https://www.congress.gov...
"I believe that America has a vested interest in helping preserve this European Project."
"We have been a central actor in these crises. We carry some responsibility to work with Europe to respond."
"It is clear that we need a stronger European pillar within the alliance, but we will not achieve that by ceding leadership of the alliance or passing the baton to the EU."
"The EU is far more complex and savvy."