Chuck Hagel: “I consider myself to be a pro-Israel American and have supported Israel throughout my career.”

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.

The President has determined that closing it is a national security imperative.

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

This is really authoritarian.