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 hope we can persuade him to step down. It doesn't seem to be that we are very successful right now.

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

I want to shape the world the best we can, rather than just follow the world.

I think our footprint in Iraq is too big.

my first thought is that the American people are not very impressed with what we are doing up here. We have a congressional approval rating of about 10 to 15 percent. I think it would help all of us if we could go back home and say: This…

if the Senator will yield, here is the good news: It wouldn't take much to exceed expectations. But I want to say to the west coast Senators that their ports need to be modernized too. They need transportation hubs around their ports. The…

The idea of trying to arm the opposition forces needs to be considered, very much considered. And at the end of the day, what happens in Syria really can change the course of the Mideast and I do hope we can break them away from Iran.

The likelihood of a terrorist organization being able to access nuclear materials in the hands of the Iranian ayatollahs would be greater, not less.

I think it was mentioned that the intelligence budget is wrapped up in the DOD budget.

Do you also believe that all options should remain on the table when it comes to stopping them from getting a nuclear capability?

The bottom line is if we have an American military presence post 2014 at the request of the Afghan Government and people that would allow a CT capability, American air power, that would always give the edge to the Afghan security forces…