Iran without a nuclear weapon or Iran with a delayed nuclear weapon is better than Iran with a nuclear weapon right now.

I think everyone, almost universally, whether they favored or didn't favor the JCPOA, acknowledged that they were about 8 to 12 weeks away from having a nuclear weapon.

I favor too very strong sanctions in this area.

I supported, and continue to support, the Iran nuclear deal because it made us and our allies more secure and brought Iran more in line with international principles of nonproliferation.

There is plenty of areas of agreement in that respect.

Our first goal is to protect the Syrian people and we would, eventually, like to see good governance in Syria.

We cannot shirk our responsibility as Members of Congress.

I do want to emphasize, however, that support for the Taliban, such as from Iran, in my view, no more than the support that Russia provides, is also very much a function of the regional disbelief, at this point, that a stable, successful…

I would hope as we look to and ask President Trump to come to Congress, and I hope he does, that we don't punt.

Words are truly inadequate to express our country's gratitude at the extraordinary sacrifice of these individuals and heroes, and our prayers are with their families.

If we are cutting off humanitarian aid, if we are not putting in place things on the ground, if we are refusing to let refugees into the United States, we are not then doing what we need to do.

We want to do that all without excessive U.S. casualties and without a war with Russia.