"What also worries me, and, you know, I lose sleep over this, is this concurrent growing presence of not just Quds Force, but, again, concurrently of Hezbollah all over Latin America."
"I think the question should be not only Argentina, but how far is Ecuador going, how far is Bolivia going, how far is Paraguay going?"
"I think it was poorly written by unseasoned probably analysts that contributed, and I would sense that there wasn't strong leadership involved as well."
"What is happening in Ecuador is not uncommon. You know, we are seeing it play out through not only all of Latin America or much of Latin America, but we are also seeing it play out in West Africa, Nor..."
"are now heavily involved in the global drug trade . . . Their participation in that effort presents them with myriad opportunities with which to build their terrorist and criminal capacity in the West..."
"I applaud you initiative for calling this very important hearing."
"Iran, Hezbollah and the Quds Force... pose a real threat to our country."
"Thanks to Venezuela and Hugo Chavez, these operatives from both of these very threatening terrorist groups are pouring into our neighborhood."
"Like any other war, there comes a time when you need to make some midcourse adjustments."
"It is important to realize that where you find one--you find the other."
"I would say yes, it is, you know, it is what they do."
"With respect to the LCB, or the Lebanese Canadian Bank investigation, that the DEA lead and worked with the Department of Treasury on, there were over 70 used car dealerships that were identified as p..."