Kay Bailey Hutchison

Al Qaeda is our common threat. ISIS is our common threat.

Well, first of all, NATO is not obsolete, and I think the President has acknowledged that...

NATO's door is open to all European democracies which share the values of our Alliance.

He has made the commitment, of course, to America's support of Article 5...

That is something that has to be, from the NATO standpoint, a consensus. Some of our allies are concerned that a withdrawal would make Russia more aggressive.

It is one of NATO's prime focuses, the aggression of Russia in Ukraine, of course, Georgia as well.

The enlargement process has and will continue to serve as a particularly effective vehicle for promoting democratic values.

Absolutely. We should reinforce our efforts to get Russia to comply with the treaty, and it is the position of the American Defense Department, State Department, that Russia is in violation.

I have a very different opinion today.

Our Ambassador resided in a bombed-out building that did not have running water.

I agree with the President's effort to extract more from our allies in support of NATO.

Promoting American values is always important. Our strength is in our values, and our values are respect for human rights for all citizens.

I definitely think it is in NATO's purview.

Absolutely. The President has come to see that NATO is important.

We will be asking you, Ms. McFarland, how you will represent American values in Singapore, a friend and trading partner.

Decisions on enlargement are for NATO and the nation in question; no other outside country, such as Russia, has a voice in the process.

NATO is the most successful defense and security alliance in the history of the world.

I have visited U.S. troops in harm's way in every conflict that we had when I was in the Senate.

This is a little rich.

I know there are those on my side who would also like to have a conference to talk about this. Could we have an indication as to the timeframe of the vote?

I co-sponsored the original COMPETES Act and I continue to support it today.

This program was created by the University of Texas in Austin, and it recruits STEM majors into a integrated program of science, mathematics, engineering, as well as providing them with education credentials, all within a four-year period.

Nobody is challenging America COMPETES. Nobody is challenging the need for Federal help on this.

As Senator Hutchison pointed out, this Act authorizes to replicate and implement programs in institutions of higher learning that have integrated course of study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and teacher education.