Chris Murphy

But that assumes that the Taliban is interested in a political solution.

I simply raise it because I think we use the wrong metric when we try to understand our presence there.

I do not believe there are any negative down sides for the United States' interests in admitting Montenegro.

I look forward to working in a bipartisan way to support Montenegro's inclusion in the NATO Alliance.

As Vice President Biden has said, the European Project and the enlargement process is possibly the most successful force for prosperity and stability and security in history, and we very much need to see that continue.

NATO enlargement, the open door, NATO's role, the U.S. role in south central Europe is more important than ever in large part because of the tumult that is occurring in Europe.

I have been a longstanding supporter of Montenegro's accession to NATO since I visited Vujanovic and others there 2 years ago, and so I am glad to see that we are taking these final steps.

I join Senator Rubio in strong support for the NATO Alliance.

This is an incredibly uncomfortable conversation for us because it puts the United States in the position of appearing to decide what brand of Islam should be taught and what should not.

But from the standpoint of U.S. policy, we should at least acknowledge that these two trend lines, the increasing money going in to fund these schools and the increasing ability to recruit, is not a coincidence.

Terrorism has different shades, but madrasas have been the nursery.

I was one of the primary authors of the accountability sections which we're talking about here today with respect to the new regulations.

A U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut

We have an emerging strategy that can work.

The administration has said that corruption has to be treated as a first order national security priority.

Corruption is the central organizing principle of a lot of dictatorships.

Fighting corruption is absolutely critical to our security.

We have got to support the law enforcement institutions because ultimately only they can prosecute the crime.

Supporting civil society-led investigations.

I know there are many that think some aspects of the regulations go too far, there are many of us who think that they could have gone much farther.

Thank you very much, Senator Murray. Welcome back, Secretary King. Thank you very much for being so available to us.

Without more American presence on the ground, we risk these local conflicts becoming more heated and more problematic.

I am hopeful that as the Yemen political process moves forward--and we all hope that it does--that we will have more capacity brought to bear against ISIL.

Thank you for being here, Mr. McGurk, and thank you for taking on what is, frankly, a nightmare of a job, trying to manage this crisis and manage this coalition.

We have major challenges with the Europeans today with respect to their counterterrorism surveillance and intelligence operations.