Bob Corker: “I do not understand why we are protecting them exactly the way that we are right now.”

What I do know is that... the CIA director came in and with some analysts and gave the most precise presentation I've ever heard in 12 years.

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

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…

Through the Presiding Officer I wish to ask the Senator from Indiana, what you are saying is that you are doing everything you possibly can do to ensure that if your amendment passes, never in the future will your amendment be relied upon…