Bob Corker: “I do not want engagement. Why have you not laid out--why does Secretary Geithner not lay out what it is he would like to…”

I thank the Senator from New Jersey and our distinguished ranking member for his question and for working with me to pass this important legislation. ____________________

The question is, why would you say you're going to pull our troops out and lose control of a third of the country and do the things that caused us to lose all of our leverage and then go to Turkey with hat in hand and ask them to do…

I ask again the Senator: For those of us, many in this body, including the Senator from Indiana, who worry that the mere refueling that may take place in Mali, where maybe we are supporting French troops, or the refueling in other…

I can understand from the people's perspective that are doing this why they would want to go forward. And I understand that.