Chuck Hagel: “Yes, the Department's ability to respond to contingencies is directly related to the funding it receives which is…”

I think that is really the essence of the ultimate objective we'd like to see in Syria.

When you have a national leader, our national world leader, who has left dignity behind, decency behind, honesty, integrity behind them, that's where you start.

The President has said, many times, still strongly believes, that Assad has lost the legitimacy to govern his own people.

American military power alone cannot and will not eradicate the threats posed by ISIL to the United States, our allies, and our friends and partners in the region.