Martin Dempsey: “I share alarm about the future of Iraq, and we are developing a full range of options to help stabilize the region.”

I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.

The threats posed by Iran also included its support for proxies, arms trafficking, sea-based mines, and cyber activities.

You cannot kill all the militants in the world with all the air strikes in the world. It just doesn't work that way. You have to kill the ideology.

Absolutely. We are talking about a $1.2 trillion difference when you add up what was done in the $487 billion of the Budget Control Act.