"Clearly, this commitment has not been sustained."
"I recall, early in this administration, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and his warning to our Government that then- Prime Minister Maliki was, quote, 'not our friend,' but, rather, an Iranian sympathiz..."
"We're the United States of America. Remember the words on the Statue of Liberty about the masses yearning to be free."
"What does a promise from the United States of America mean, particularly if it comes under local political pressure and the promise is reneged?"
"Whatever one thinks about the organization to which the residents of Camp Liberty belong, there is a basic standard of human dignity that must be upheld."
"This is not just a matter of our ideals, but also our interests."
"I think it's a bad agreement, but--and we'll see whether it actually is adhered to--but, whatever one thinks of the agreement, the Islamic Republic of Iran has sort of put it in a box, and they haven'..."
"If we make our commitments, we must follow through."
"We ought to be supporting them. This regime in Tehran is hopeless."
"We ought to compartmentalize that agreement also--that nuclear agreement. We ought to put it over there and not let it stop us from confronting what they're doing in Syria, continuing the sanctions fo..."
"I’d be proud and very secure in having these 2,400 come here, and I think they'd be great Americans."