Chuck Hagel actually said...

Over time if ISIL is not stopped, and with the economic power that it has now, then what I would foresee happening, not only an immediate th...

I believe the President has the statutory and constitutional authority to take the action that he is doing to protect this country.

ISIL is a threat to America, our allies, our interests around the world.

the mission he has been tasked with is to degrade and destroy, not to contain, not to minimize, et cetera.