Gary Ackerman

The real goal that we think we are discussing is stopping Iran from getting a nuclear bomb.

The Obama administration, wisely in my view, embraced sanctions as a critical element of a comprehensive strategy.

I think it important that we consider the context in which both the upcoming P5+1 negotiations and the sanctions are taking place.

Pakistan continues to shelter, directly support and sponsor terrorists.

It is hard to fathom how so much money can buy so little.

Pakistan is like a black hole for American aid.

We have to understand when we are absent we pay consequences as well.

One of the concerns I have vis-a-vis the Middle East is that there are a number of our colleagues who, in order to demonstrate their fealty to the U.S.-Israel relationship, will insist that we have a more prudent or a zero approach to…

Nothing can be more short-sighted and contrary to our national security interests in the region than to draw back on our commitments or, worse, pull back, disengage and leave the region's fate to be determined wholly by others.

I think there is a certain amount of international naivete spearheaded by American and Western notions of democracy...

Our goal of course is not wish fulfillment or glory. We are engaged in this work because it is our essential moral obligation and because it serves key national security goals.

Yes, Assad must go and we need, from both a moral and a national interest position, to facilitate that effort.

He is beyond salvation.

Our chief priority must be to get Assad out of power as soon as possible.

Hope may be an effective campaign catchphrase, but it is not an effective policy.

This administration did it to keep President Bush's word, and the word of the United States, that by December 31, 2011, all, all, all, 100 percent, said President Bush and signed it, of our troops would be out.

I did not vote to kill 4,300 and change American men and women to exert influence.

I did mean culpa during my opening statement, following President Bush so blindly into this.

The very same hucksters of easy glory and empire on the cheap are now selling this bundle of lies.

This tale is untrue. From first to last, it is a lie.

Much worse than the decision to go to war was the tragic, unforgivable ineptitude of both the occupation and the initial counter insurgency effort.

I was too ready to believe the Bush administration's warning of an imminent and terrible threat.

A strange narrative has taken root in some circles regarding Iraq.

Hezbollah has a presence in 15 American cities, including four major cities in Canada.

These people have been gypped, they have been robbed, they have been made double victims.