Claire McCaskill: “I want to make sure I clarify this for the record.”

He has shown tremendous strength in terms of unifying NATO.

There is an over-classification problem, and I was surprised Secretary Gates didn't mention it.

This is never a referendum. Presidential elections, by the time they run around, is always, 'well, who do you like slightly better than the two you don't like?' So it is a binary choice.

This is really, really bad. What they’re saying is, if you criticize the president of the United States, as an elected member of Congress, we will silence you.