I think we need to do conditions. In any military plan, we have to be conditions-based, absolutely, firmly.

This is a social media-fueled terrorism group in a way that we haven't seen yet.

He needs to come to the table in order to discuss his own receding from the scene in Syria.

I have had the opportunity to review the Defense Business Board recommendations and found them insightful on substantiating areas in which the Department can seek efficiencies.

It is important that the Government of Iraq today not go down that road again.

Russia's recent behavior poses a serious strategic challenge.

We operate in Iraq in support of the Iraqi Government. The Iraqi Government, in this case, did not ask for our support.

I think your larger point, which is that there are things that we can do to help the Ukrainians help themselves.

They probably get an outsized picture of our lack of will.

I think he has made his goals pretty clear. He speaks about them openly, which is to have all around him states that are in his orbit, rather than pursuing their own futures, their own independent futures.

They need to withdraw their support of him, because of what he has done to his country.

He understands what we have tried to do for him. He knows that it has been a great benefit to his country and not just to protect our country.