The U.S. approach to Syria involves the entire government; there is no U.S. military solution to this very complex, long-term problem.
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Hagel emphasizes a comprehensive approach to the Syrian conflict, rejecting a purely military solution.
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I can assure you, Senator, that any commitments we made, in contracting or anything else, we will follow the law clearly and consult with Congress.
Oh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. So we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that is you take a cold steely hard to look at it and get ready.
continuous piecemeal changes will only magnify uncertainty and doubt among our servicemembers about whether promised benefits will be there in the future.
I mean, not to capture him, but to get him back, and to do that, if it would have taken another course of action or if we would have taken another option, that would have put our men and women at risk.





