Chuck Hagel: “Do we understand the costs? Are we prepared to make those costs in lives?”

It is the biggest responsibility any leader has, to leave the place better than they found it, and I do not think we are doing it right now.

Planning for climate change is not some frivolous waste of time, a waste of money. It is essential to our troops and to their wellbeing, and the national security of this country.

The President has determined that closing it is a national security imperative.

I don't believe so, because there will be a question of trust and confidence in the panel, the makeup, if it's not transparent.