"I think you and your counterparts in the other services are making tough decisions because we haven't, as a Congress and an administration, made our tough decisions."
"Nobody did politically on either side. I don't think the services did. And we stumbled into a really bad situation that you are having to deal with."
"I would suggest, I don't think anything is going to happen between now and November, but we need to make the tough decisions as soon after that as we possibly can."
"Right now, I would be a lean no. This to me is a civil war, it's a religious war, and it's a proxy war for regional powers."
"I think the president deserves an opportunity to make his case, I think he had a powerful statement certainly on Sunday."
"I think it's still an open question."
"Yes, it does. I think that's something you have to take into account."
"I just think this process probably should have started a long time ago when red lines were being drawn."
"The most recent funding shortfall, and particularly the reaction of the administration to it, is simply unacceptable."
"It is one thing to make a mistake and try to correct it. It is another to willfully and needlessly harm the very people the Department is charged with helping."
"We have a trust responsibility that our government has assumed over many years."
"They ought to go to a good school."