Chuck Hagel: “The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here. I am not an Israeli senator. I am a U.S. Senator. This pressure…”

Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in assuring U.S. national security and it is DOD'S highest priority mission. No other capability we have is more important.

It is hard to overstate how damaging the continued existence of the Detention Facility at Guantanamo has been and continues to be.

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.

Well, first recognize that we have a problem and then start addressing the problem, locally, nationally, globally.