I believe that Senator--the remarks made by Senator Menendez, Senator Flake, Senator Perdue, and others about the need to come together as a Congress and have a meaningful AUMF are...
I just wanted you to know that today the Treasury Department has authorized--has initiated additional sanctions on eight Ukrainian separatis...
I urge you to pass the President's AUMF because it provides the necessary authority and flexibility to wage our current campaign.
They are comfortable with what we shared with them, and Saud al-Faisal, the senior Foreign Minister in the world, I might add, publicly sat ...
I met with King Salman, who completely supported what we are doing.
I do not want the new President to come in and face the kind of choice that I faced on my desk day one.
Responding to the threat posed by ISIL is just not a partisan issue, at least it should not be.
But what a mistake it would be to send a message to Daesh that there are safe havens, that there is somehow just a two-country limitation.
There is no consideration whatsoever as to how they or anybody else feels. We will do what is necessary in conjunction with our coalition.
I am concerned about Iran's growing efforts in the region, and we have made it very clear that it is an administration concern.
If the region will not weigh in to battle their own terrorist threat, there is no amount of ground troops we could put in to Iraq or Syria t...