I hear concerns about Federal policy, uncertainty created in Washington policy.

We patrolled off the shores of Libya, Egypt and Sudan to protect American interests and to induce regional leaders to make the right choices.

I am proud to represent 633,000 sailors, Navy civilians and their families, especially the 50,000 sailors deployed and operating forward around the globe today.

Your Navy and Marine Corps team is united in fulfilling our longstanding mandate to be where it matters when it matters and to be ready to respond to crises to assure that the stability that underpins the global economy is in place.

these things do have real life consequences, and we really are going to have Commanders-in-Chief that are not going to be able to do what we have traditionally thought American Presidents could do

Forward presence is our mandate. We operate forward to give the President options to deal promptly with contingencies.

I wanted to ask you a couple of follow-up questions related to human trafficking, and particularly human trafficking into the United States.

The sanctions that we have gotten through the U.N. Security Council are a force multiplier.

I think the peacekeeping mission in Mali, where terrorists and extremist elements had virtually taken over that country, and with the U.N.'s help, led by the French, the Africans, the United States pushing to roll back those extremists…

Somalia, a place that was almost a poster child for state failure now has an actual chance. They are building a government.

What can we do to successfully deter Vladimir Putin going forward?