I have joined with him in pressing to look for additional ways to put military pressure on Assad, sending a message of inevitability, a message of determination, and I think for many reasons, the sooner the better.
Hagel emphasizes the need for military pressure on Assad alongside McCain.
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The last government in Iraq, over the last 5 years, have actually exacerbated the effort and intentionally destroyed the capability of a unity government.
It is a measurement. But I don't think it is the measurement. I mean, I was in a war with a lot of body counts every day. We lost everyone.
Continuous piecemeal changes will only magnify uncertainty and doubts among our servicemembers about whether promised benefits will be there in the future.
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