I think a North Korean missile program is designed to threaten the homeland.

Stopping the program without an alternative is not saving money, it's just putting in jeopardy all the things we've accomplished.

I need the answer to those three things before I can go back to South Carolina and tell the people that I represent that we've been fairly treated.

If I could, just to wrap this up, I wish we were wrong. When the President decided to withdraw all troops from Iraq against sound military advice, we cautioned--literally begged--the President and the Vice President. We went to Baghdad…

We couldn't have troops on the ground because Iraqis said no. Do we have troops on the ground today, I ask Senator McCain? Mr. McCAIN. That is the point. Now we have at least 3,500 troops on the ground in Iraq.

This is about lack of respect for the Obama administration, John Kerry, and everybody else in our government. The Iranians did this, Senator McCain, I think for one reason--to show the region they are not intimidated by the United States…

Right, that they can test our resolve. They do it all the time. They fired two missile tests in violation of existing U.N. resolutions. The Obama administration did nothing about it. They captured two boats. These are lightly armored naval…

I say to Senator McCain, I think it is a disconnection from reality--trying to shape a reality that does not exist. Can you imagine your good friend Ronald Reagan, if he had been President, what the Iranians would have done? Mr. McCAIN…

I ask Senator McCain, may I read to you an exchange? This is John Kerry 2 days ago: ``[T]here will be a ceasefire,'' Kerry predicted Tuesday in Rome. ``We expect a ceasefire. And we expect an adherence to the ceasefire. And we expect full…

Well, let's get a little closer to the region. John McCain and Lindsey Graham have been saying for 3 years now that if we don't end the war in Syria--which means requiring the Islamic State, or ISIL, to be destroyed with a ground component…

What leverage do we have over Assad? Mr. McCAIN. That is the point. There is no leverage, I say to my colleague. Meanwhile, while the Secretary of State is pressuring the Free Syria forces and threatening to cut off assistance to them…

Where is the Parliament? Mr. McCAIN. We don't have a status of forces agreement. Their Parliament has not endorsed it. Where are our liberal friends on the other side? Aren't they concerned that there isn't a status of forces agreement and…

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe 5,500 is the best military configuration at the end of 2016.

I want W. in South Carolina.

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If the Taliban were in charge of Afghanistan tomorrow, would our Homeland be threatened?

Who will be responsible to pay for these additional launch pad modifications and additional infrastructure?

If so, is there anything that can be done to stop this type of transaction which appears to greatly benefit the Russian Government?

Have the additional funds been taken into account in the Department's future budget estimates?

I understand that the BE-4 engine under development will use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as its propellant instead of kerosene as is used in the Russian RD-180.

You testified that current estimates for replacing the RD-180 rocket engine would be about $3 billion.

It has come to my attention that payments for RD-180 rocket engines may be made to the Russian company NPO Energomash.

Please do not repeat these mistakes by reducing our forces in Afghanistan because you will get the same result, probably worse.

It is important that we be seen to have won in Afghanistan.

I just want to say for the record to the President, you ignored sound military advice when it came to Iraq to keep a residual force.