The statements and actions of the IRS and the Department of Justice and the Obama administration in connection with the matter have served to undermine the Department of Justice investigation.

Effectiveness can be measured in a variety of ways.

we need a special counsel to help us get to the truth because the so-called investigation by the Justice Department has been a joke; the current investigation has no credibility because it is being headed by a max donor who is financially…

And you couldn't do that on September 11th because you say in your testimony we were, 'waiting for a request for assistance from the State Department.'

We take seriously the airmen who have been under your command, the soldiers, the sailors, the airmen who you've had a chance to be an officer for, you take that seriously?

First time in your 33 years you couldn't do what the military always does, run to the sound of the guns?

You will make a decision at some point? Okay, well, that is a step in the right direction.

The Washington Post used the terms absurd and laughable, knowing about the court issue.

Frankly, we want a decision yesterday, but we know that is not going to happen.

Mr. Hochstein, when can we expect a decision on the Keystone pipeline?

The Washington Post says it is absurd not to make a decision now.