We have people who are starving, in effect, and we have the ability to try to do something about it.

Are we going to make sure that everybody knows, look, it is a sign of strength to try to get some help, to talk to somebody, as opposed to any weakness?

I was in Iraq a few weeks ago with a group led by Senator Kaine, who's sitting next to me.

Thank you and your family. I also want to thank Secretary Hagel for his service as Secretary of Defense...

In regards to what Senator McCain said before about General Dunford's testimony regarding Russia as perhaps the most dangerous threat to our country, there's recent reports that just came out about a directed energy weapon they've…

If confirmed, I would take an early opportunity to get on the ground to speak to commanders...

One of my concerns is time.

It appears that the plan we have right now is really no plan.

We are losing 22 veterans a day to suicide. In the Active Duty, we lost 132 young men and women in combat in 2013. We lost 475 to suicide, almost four times as many.

It is about your leadership on setting those national standards.

we want to succeed and we want to succeed in a way that our partners and friends... look at and say, it makes sense.

the only thing that we want, we expect out of this, is just enough to meet practical needs.