"It is really important."
"no plan survives the first contact with the enemy."
"No, absolutely not."
"I actually believe that Assad is the reason ISIS exists, and he is the continued incubator for ISIS."
"I think, you know, when you make the case on Syria for instance, people often point to Libya as a disastrous result."
"I think it's time for the House of Representatives to get -- pass this Russian sanctions bill that the Senate sent us."
"I trust our intelligence agencies about this stuff. And they seem pretty convinced."
"I think he needs to deliver that brick wall. I think he needs to talk about the Assad regime and begin to talk about, let's force a solution here that ends the violence that ends ISIS."
"I think this is a man that reacts to power. He reacts to strength."
"That's a tweet that's not even becoming of a city councilman."
"I think there is no more important issue than Syria, which I know you have touched on."
"The brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad backed up by the Iranians, backed up by the Russians... are actually creating a whole new generation of terrorists."