"Sir, I think the reason why ISIS you are saying is now a greater danger is because it was not taken seriously--one reason among many--it was not taken seriously from the beginning."
"your request of $500 million to counter ISIS in Syria does not include any mention or dollars to go after Al Qaeda"
"we have not carried out a serious campaign to do so to defeat Al Qaeda in Syria specifically"
"The current strategy that has been deployed for so long toward North Korea has been ineffective."
"I would argue that the time to ask that question what will we do is now."
"Do you think that the very closely and intertwined relationship between the Shia government in Baghdad and Iran can be so easily supplanted by our 5,000 troops on the ground in our engagement there?"
"That is a big conversation that we can get into about the three-state possibility for Iraq and the consequence..."
"The question is do we want to compete with Iran or turn the place over to them?"
"Turkey's actions have directly strengthened groups like ISIS, al-Qaeda, and al-Nusra."
"our number one priority is, and should be, defeating ISIS, al-Qaeda, and these other jihadist groups."
"The situation has improved dramatically."