I think this is a very good topic to be talking about-- the future--because this is an episode that could have destroyed the relationship before it had a chance to mature. What am I concerned about? I am still concerned about the…

And I will turn it back over to Senator McCain. I can tell you that very few people in Egypt, almost no one in Egypt realized somebody from North Dakota was being held. You were on message. You were very effective. I hope Staci and her…

I wish to add my gratitude and recognition of Ambassador Patterson and her whole team--the State Department team on the ground. They did a very good job making the case to the Egyptian Government. But we have to all realize Egypt is in…

My view is that an American citizen helping al Qaeda is basically engaging in a war against us.

I do not want to torture anybody. And prosecution is a secondary concern to me.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Everyone captured in the United States held as an enemy combatant has a habeas right to appear before a judge.

I am an all-of-the-above approach guy.

I thought he had every legal right to do so, and, quite frankly, that was a good outcome.

I believe that after 9/11 we have been in an undeclared state of war with al Qaeda.

I think the Bush administration relied way too much on Executive power, and that this administration is reluctant to use power that has been there.

The national security goal is to find out what that person, even if it is an American citizen, knows about enemy operations.

I want to make sure we have a legal system that recognizes the distinction between fighting a crime and fighting a war.

I think reading Miranda rights when you capture someone on the homeland is not the best way to gather intelligence.

What drives my thinking, Senator Feinstein, is that my primary goal is to get as much good intelligence as we can when we capture someone.

Every 6,000 years you get a chance for democracy in Egypt. I hope it doesn't pass.

I just think that is the signal to send the United Nations. You are not doing Israel and the Palestinian people much of a service when you go around the peace process.

I think our footprint in Iraq is too big.

I think USAID is changing for the better, that you have thought outside the box.

Senator Leahy and I, one Republican and one Democrat from different political spectrums and perspectives, really do want to engage the world in a constructive fashion.

I think we can be successful in Afghanistan because, based on my view of the country, there is a lot of will to change Afghanistan.

I had a chance to go and see the program in action in Ghana and Tanzania and South Africa, and I was just astounded what a little bit of money can do spent well.

I just don't see how we can effectively engage the Iraqi people, given the deteriorating security situation.

I worry tremendously about Pakistan. Pakistan, to me, is the place most likely to fall if we don't get it right in Afghanistan.

I would argue that we need to be looking at Syria through the same prism, that people are literally being slaughtered.

I think that has been a great breakthrough, and I don't want to take too much more of your time here.