Political Quotes

I happen to believe, and I think the President has said it, that a political solution is the only viable solution.

Over time if ISIL is not stopped, and with the economic power that it has now, then what I would foresee happening, not only an immediate threat to United States citizens and our people, our interests.

Because I had the responsibility and I play my own game here. And that is because by law, I am the one official in government charged with certification with release of detainees. I take that responsibility very seriously.

This is a defining budget that will begin adapting and reshaping our defense enterprise for years to come.