Chuck Hagel: “If confirmed, I will focus on strengthening our relationships, building the capacity of key allies and partners.”

This is so unpredictable. And we've never seen anything quite like this in our lifetime, so there is no playbook here.

No one person should ever govern a party. That’s not the point of political parties. Political parties must be diverse, have different opinions.

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

When you have a national leader, our national world leader, who has left dignity behind, decency behind, honesty, integrity behind them, that's where you start.