Admiral Michael Mullen: “the number one national security threat facing our country was Congress' inability to spend within its means.”

For me, personally, it comes down to integrity, theirs as individuals and ours as an institution.

I think we owe it to them to understand the exact nature of the impact of any repeal of the law.

The enemy in Afghanistan is not the insurgent; the enemy is fear.

The direction you get from a President in a situation like that is 'Do everything you can.' It's all the guidance that you need.