I support that as long as there's a residual force left.

Our goal is not just to write checks forever, but actually get the country in question so they can deal with it themselves.

Our heart goes out to their family, and I hope it reminds those of us in the Congress that your people are in the middle of combat just as much as anybody else.

I believe it's been a good investment, and I worry about radical Islam migrating to Africa and trying to radicalize Muslim minority populations.

every time we can solve a problem without using our military, the security benefits of being involved in Africa--we don't have a whole lot of a military presence--of improving life there is a real blow to radical Islamists.

I thank the Chair. I would ask the Senator from New Hampshire, how do we get the death penalty when the only way we can get information out of the suspect is to go through his lawyer? If we can't have this national security interrogation…

I ask unanimous consent for 1 minute. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Would the Senator yield for a question? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. We have an order for a recess at this hour.

Yes, if I may, hats off to the Boston, MA, police officers, to the Presiding Officer's town. Our heart breaks for the victims. Bostonians made us proud. They show us how to stay brave. The FBI and everybody did a great job, but how we…

Not only do I agree, who picked the battlefield? I didn't pick America to be the battlefield. I don't want to be at war with anybody. They chose the battlefield. Where do you think they want to hit us most, I ask Senator McCain? If you…

Very simply put, I have two goals. I think Americans want two things to happen in this case. They want the surviving suspect to be brought to justice. I am glad he survived, as hopefully we may learn some information from him that will…

The Russian FSB sent a letter to the FBI and other agencies that we think this guy has become radical. You need to watch him.

The reason President Obama did not do that in all candor is you cannot trust the Pakistan government to go pick up Bin Laden.

We cannot have 535 Commanders in Chief.

Can you imagine what would have happened if it came out in the public that we told the Pakistani government Bin Laden is over here, go get him and he got away?

We need to look at the AUMF anew, we need to broaden the ability to go after the enemy because it is changing day by day.

The purpose of the law of war is to win the war, is to neutralize the enemy, to gather intelligence.

Once you are designated an enemy, we do not have to make it a fair fight.

The one mistake I will not tolerate is the mistake of believing we are not at war.

Count me out for basically turning the war into a crime.

My belief is that there is nothing more basic to being Commander in Chief than being able to order people into battle.

The reason I do not want to torture anyone is because that is not who we are about and it hurts us more than it helps us.

I want to applaud the Obama administration's what I think is an aggressive and responsible use of the drone program.

I want American businesses to have access to labor that we cannot find here at home only after you have tried to find an American worker at a reasonable price, competitive wage, and that endeavor does not result in finding the worker.

What we are trying to do is make sure that the best and the brightest throughout the world who come to America to receive an education can stay here because it is to our benefit that they stay.