"We couldn't solve the Iraqi political problems for them when we had 170,000 troops."
"the Iraqi leaders could not get it through their Parliament."
"There is no way--the ISIL threat, it is like air in a balloon."
"It was the single most difficult part of the original SOFA to negotiate."
"I do think that the idea that if we had negotiated a follow-on settlement with the Iraqis and had a SOFA and a remaining force, the idea that that force would be able to prevent what is going on is--I..."
"We consider it an unlawful occupation of Crimea in particular and continuing destabilizing activities in Eastern Ukraine."
"I believe, particularly in light of the events this fall with the Russian flagrant violation of the Minsk agreement that they had just signed up to, that all options should be on the table."
"If confirmed, I commit to continue to work closely with DSCA to provide security assistance to the Government of Ukraine."
"If confirmed, I commit to work with DSCA to ensure that it is prepared to provide information, equipment, and/or transportation for any items approved for provision to the Government of Ukraine."
"I think, unfortunately, the struggles across both Iraq and Syria will take years, not months."
"The predictability is critical to making sure that we have the flexible, agile posture, presence, capabilities that we need to handle these threats."