If we do not, we are making a huge mistake.

I appreciate being on the floor with the Senator from North Dakota who has been very involved in trying to secure America against a variety of threats. I will get to the heart of the matter. Some people feel the Prime Minister should not…

I think the legislation the Senator from North Dakota described is the most important thing we will do this year. The sanctions against Iran, congressionally created, were 100 to 0. Every Member of the Senate believed the Iranians needed…

You do not want to bail out on the Russians. You do not want to bail out on South Carolina.

The last thing you want to do right now with the Russians is break a treaty with them over reducing the amount of weapons-grade plutonium they possess.

do you have the option to terminate and rebid the contract?

I want somebody from the Pentagon to tell me what you recommend if they did this provocative act.

And would you agree with me, if he takes that option, that is just an--basically, an all-out declaration of war through economic activity?

I want to destroy both enemies of the region, Assad as well as ISIL.

I think Mr. Putin is not done in Ukraine.

I think any signal that we send that we're less interested in the Asia-Pacific, on the security side, than we currently are would be an invitation for change in the region and that China would be interested in pursuing.

I think it grows, but also I think if we do not stop them, there will be destabilization in the region as well.

So, in your backyard, you've got dangerous, provocative, unstable, with nukes in North Korea, right?

I just hope we don't give them more cash, because I think they are wreaking havoc as it is.

What kind of signal would that send to NATO nations if we fully implement sequestration?

ISIL represents a threat to us, not just the region.

Senator Graham. General Selva, you recently decided to continue with the GPC contractor despite significant problems with the program to date.

So, it would be seen as weakening our position in Asia, right?

I support the Department of Transportation and the Maritime Administration's efforts to create a National Maritime Strategy to reverse this trend and grow the U.S.-flag fleet.

Should we increase sanctions if they do this?

The only commitment I will make as a Senator from South Carolina is that if you go back, you go back to win.

They would have died in protecting our national interests is clear.

We are not going to leave you hanging.

So, they--should be some red line regarding this port city?

So, one way to bleed Kiev dry is to keep the fight, keep them deployed.