If that trust does not exist because there is a view that by helping government you are hurting your own people, then that really jeopardizes everyone's safety.

Military action is very important, especially our Special Forces.

We should expect that danger to grow if the tone and the approach of the new administration resemble in any way the tone and the approach of the campaign.

I think this is disastrous for our national interests.

I think words and lexicon matter quite a bit.

We need a deeper engagement in terms of the partnerships that we build.

If you do not have a comprehensive government that all communities respect, you are not going to be able to maintain peace.

American leadership is still critical.

We need to redouble and redouble again our capacity building efforts.

I am also going to ask you a question for the record dealing with Senator Menendez' point on the financial sanction issues.

I want to compliment the Chairman because we did get a lot of our input into the National Defense Authorization Act.

Regardless of what hat you wear, Mr. Chairman, in the next Congress, we need to pass a State Department authorization bill.

If you look at our development assistance, most of those funds go into health programs or food programs, which are very important.

ISIL itself has said its days of the caliphate are limited.

Terrorist groups are rather flexible, and they figure out different ways to cause mischief.

We need to build on the success that we have seen in combatting ISIL.

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