"Thank you for your service to this country. We are so much in your debt for time after time answering the call."
"If we are able to stay on that program, then the Afghan forces have a chance to make this work."
"As we look at Syria, obviously we're concerned with all the border areas, but one of the border areas that we're concerned about conflict threatening to boil over is in Israel."
"I met on Saturday with King Abdullah from Jordan, and I will be visiting him next week and his leaders as well."
"I would ask you... to please keep a focus like a laser on how can we end this scourge."
"We want to try to make sure that when we tell our young men and women... that they can expect to be safe."
"These are our neighbors. These are our friends."
"The challenges that we face with sequestration are great."
"Part of the risk should not be that when they are working next to a contractor."
"I think that creates some time and space for the political system to mature a bit."
"You will give us your unvarnished opinion as to the plan, how it works, and whether it will meet your strategic objectives as you look at the situation that we're in?"