Chuck Hagel: “If confirmed, I will continue our longstanding commitments to all of our Treaty allies, including Japan.”

There is going to be some severe reckoning and review, and a top-down, break it all down and asking themselves, who are we? What do we believe in?

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

The Chinese are watching this as relates to Taiwan, the Iranians, the North Koreans -- all countries are watching this, and watching the U.S. response to it, and the West response to it.

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.