James Clapper: “Have not seen a change in the behavior of the Quds Force.”

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.

A stark reminder that the terrorist threat to this country hasn't gone away. We cannot take our eyes off this ball.

I've gotten very concerned about it. There are Chinese, Russians and others so we traditionally thought about it as people coming from Central America, South and Central America. Well, it's much broader than that. So this is a serious…

I think it has more to do with the psychology of Putin, and Russia. And he needs to assure his own people, Parliamentarians, he was talking to, and for that matter, himself, that Russia is still a great power.