"I have questions not only for the secretary and his team, and to an extent the National Security Council is involved in this, but also with stakeholders and experts around town as to the advisability ..."
"There’ll be some questions about that, and this issue, I expect, will be vetted by the time a decision needs to be made."
"It is requesting a budget of $892.6 billion, which is a cut in real terms."
"This budget would decrease President Trump’s military options and his negotiating leverage."
"President Trump successfully campaigned on a Peace Through Strength agenda, but his advisers at the Office of Management and Budget were apparently not listening."
"Only Congress can actively pursue a full-scale investigation to answer the questions raised by this scandal."
"The information as published recently appears to me to be of such a sensitive nature that, based on my knowledge, I would have wanted it classified."
"conduct an inquiry into the incident and brief senators"
"A rookie mistake."
"I would have wanted it classified."
"the strike on the Houthis was a hugely successful mission, of which I greatly approved."
"the plans for the strike, the timing, the locations, were not revealed to the enemy, and it was a very successful operation."