Don Bacon

I heard all the time, ‘do something’ — yeah, well, I’ve got to do something smart.

The University of Nebraska — and particularly UNMC — is the 'gold standard' for fostering effective partnerships with the federal government and the military.

We’ve lost what’s made us great.

What good is it to force out folks who’ve been here legally, who are working, who are part of our community?

We can put a little common sense and humanity into the equation.

It’s an unchristian policy we’re seeing here.

We have a moral obligation to those we have served with in Afghanistan, who serve by our side, helping us out. We had a promise, and a promises made should be promises kept. Absolutely.

Congress should conduct oversight, calling for testimony from top Navy officials.

We should have oversight.

He doesn't communicate it well. As you mentioned, he makes light of the affordability question. And we do have an affordability problem.

I think it was important for him to level with the American people. This is going to be a tough fight.

Keep the pressure on and say less. That would be my advice to the president.

This is going to be a tough fight, and we do not- we cannot allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

I think he needed to set appropriate and honest expectations here.

I think it's better to acknowledge, hey, this is hard on the families, it's hard on the service members.

I think he was being honest. And I think he was setting maybe false expectations...

I think we still have the advantage, but we have to be patient.

We should have oversight. We should bring in secretary of the Navy and/or the commander, the – the service chief of the Navy, and have them explain to us the truth on that.

I think it's better just to acknowledge, hey, this is a problem, and we got – we got to work towards getting wages climbing faster than inflation.

I think Republicans could reclaim the middle if we push back more on tariffs.

We still have the advantage, but we have to be patient.

I think it would have been better to acknowledge, hey, long deployments are hard.

I think most Americans are feeling the pain at the grocery store and the gas.

I think he was setting maybe false expectations in the previous months... This is going to be a longer term fight.