Chuck Hagel actually said...

I made this decision very reluctantly. I made it reluctantly because I recognize the significant hardship this places on our civilian person...

We cannot stand by and allow this unbalanced approach to remain the law of the land.

When you are making friends around the world, when you are developing partners and allies, you are developing the next generation of global ...

It is, I think, a critically important part of our foreign policy, clearly in our national interest.