Chuck Hagel: “Sequester is not the route.”

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.

The President says a lot of things, and I do not know why he says that...

We had better pay attention to what our scientists, our intelligence people, our military leaders are saying how serious this is and the impact it is going to have.

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.