James Clapper: “I want to recognize the value of this Subcommittee's continued attention to this issue, and specifically you, Senator…”

I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.

He has a grievance eating at him for about 20 years and has made a decision, I think, to try to redraw the national security architecture of Europe.

there's going to be more of the graphic, wanton brutality that they've witnessed.

I think right now, they're assessing the administration -- that's the National Security Council specifically, is assessing the impacts of this first round of strikes.