It is hard to know that--where this is going, because nobody saw it coming.

Last year, when Hassan Rouhani was running for President, he was one of six candidates. He was viewed as the reform candidate.

We have a role to play, and we have a great stake in the outcome.

This hearing is a timely and necessary follow-up to our hearing last May regarding al-Qaeda operations in both Iran and Syria.

More military intervention... despite the fact that he doesn't deserve American support.

the more you learn about that part of the world, the more you conclude that it is an absolute mess and that there are no good options for the United States.

There is really no game-changing moment unless and until the warring factions make a decision that in order to progress, they have to coexist peacefully.

I opposed, primarily because at that point it seemed as though, you know, the administration was using the justification that 100,000 people had been killed because of the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

It was always about control and manipulation.

I have gone on record before to state that cyber threats know no limits and have no boundaries.

I would like to thank the Chairman for holding today's hearing.