Elissa Slotkin actually said...

"You cannot fight something with nothing."

"I agree that the sectarian violence that had been raging in Iraq at the height of the war was significantly diminished, significantly, by the time that we departed."

"I think that things may have been different, but I don't know that we wouldn't be in a similar situation to where we are today."

"The U.S. really does have a vital national security interest in ensuring that Iraq or any other country does not become a safe haven for terrorists who could threaten the U.S. homeland, U.S. citizens,..."