Lindsey Graham

I do appreciate the President's budget this year. It is better than last.

You cannot get there without nuclear.

I want to reduce costs. There are some studies being done as an alternative to MOX.

I hope that does not hurt you with the White House.

We have agreed to be a partner with the Federal Government, to be the site that would accept the 34 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium.

You've turned Syria over to Russia and Iran.

Is that a goal of ours?

Well, I'm going to do it as a universal declaration. That's just me, though.

There's two things going on at once, I think, in the Mideast: a fight for the heart and soul of Islam and a demand for social justice, particularly by young people and women.

If I'm Assad, this is a good day for me, because the American government has just said, without saying it, that they're not going to fight to replace me.

Don't you think most people in Syria want two things: they want to fight--they want to destroy ISIL and get rid of Assad, the person who's killed 250,000 of their family?

But, that wouldn't be a good idea, to rely on Russia to fight ISIL for us.

The President hasn't taken anything like this off the table.

I'm a million percent with you.

Is there anyone left to train in Syria that would have the capability to both destroy ISIL and push Assad out?

And that is a--to suggest otherwise, you really don't understand the region--that the biggest victim of radical Islam is other people in the faith.

The only reason I mention this--I just want the American people to understand that young people are not going to live in dictatorships for our convenience any longer.

This is a sad day for America, and the region will pay hell for this.

The average Syrian not only wants to destroy ISIL, but they're intent on destroying Assad because he's killed 250,000 of them.

Most fathers and mothers don't want to give their daughters to ISIL.

Is Russia going to fight for Assad?

The likelihood of more money in the hands of this regime to me creates more possibility for destabilization unless they change their behavior.

Without a nuclear weapon, do you agree with me that Iran is wreaking havoc in the region?

This is a half-assed strategy, at best.

The strategy is completely fallen apart. Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah are going to fight for their guy, and we're not going to do a damn thing to help the people who want to change Syria for the better by getting rid of the dictator in…