"Let me assure you, from my perspective our effort is not to make the Army be the bill payer for the Air Force or Navy."
"The President has decided to end America`s involvement in our longest war. And we`re going to do just that."
"It was my recommendation. As we said a number of times we will respond on our timeline."
"We`re confident in the target that we went after. We know what we hit. And we`re confident that target was being used by the same Shia militia that conducted the strikes."
"We`re confident that that target was being used for the same Shia militia that conducted the strikes. We`re very deliberate about our approach, as you would expect us to be."
"We're confident in the target that we went after we know what we did."
"These tears at the fabric, very fabric of cohesion. And it's important for us to be able to trust the men and women on our left and right."
"We will obey the Constitution."
"we are encouraged--we continue to encourage the leadership in Iraq to do--to be more accommodating to the Sunni population"
"I think the threat of ISIL in the region, Senator, is the most pressing threat that we're facing."
"I do believe that getting the Sunni population involved is really, really important."