Roger Wicker

This decision … sends the wrong signal to Russia at the very moment President Trump is applying pressure to force Vladimir Putin to come to the table to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine.

Let’s not make a habit of this.

I don’t think it’s a good idea.

I’m not overly delighted.

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 of this, which would amount to a…

There’ll be some questions about that, and this issue, I expect, will be vetted by the time a decision needs to be made.

President Trump successfully campaigned on a Peace Through Strength agenda, but his advisers at the Office of Management and Budget were apparently not listening.

This budget would decrease President Trump’s military options and his negotiating leverage.

It is requesting a budget of $892.6 billion, which is a cut in real terms.

If the gentleman would further yield? I just wondered if the gentleman would yield to the distinguished minority leader to ascertain how this matter is going to be resolved differently if we wait until tomorrow. The gentleman has the…

Yes, that is correct. I would then ask my distinguished friend from Alaska: Isn't it a fact that General Caine time and again has demonstrated his aptitude and leadership abilities while actually deployed in combat zones, leading…

Only Congress can actively pursue a full-scale investigation to answer the questions raised by this scandal.

Conduct an inquiry into the incident and brief senators

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.

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.

If mistakes were made, I think we're all human, and they should be acknowledged.

The plans for the strike, the timing, the locations, were not revealed to the enemy, and it was a very successful operation.

The strike on the Houthis was a hugely successful mission, of which I greatly approved.

I would have wanted it classified.

There are always two sides to the story, but it’s a concern. Definitely we’ll be looking into it.

It’s definitely a concern, and it appears that mistakes were made.

It's definitely a concern, and it appears that mistakes were made.

Peace through strength

There are good guys and bad guys in this war, and the Russians are the bad guys.

Making a rookie mistake.