Chuck Hagel: “I've never thought engagement is weakness. I never thought it was surrender. I never thought it was appeasement.”

It is the biggest responsibility any leader has, to leave the place better than they found it, and I do not think we are doing it right now.

It's the Trump Party.

Iraq's continued political progress toward a more inclusive and representative government and its programs of reform and reconciliation will be critical to achieve the progress required.

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.