"We cannot afford to do this again."
"You can't renegotiate the front end once the back end is done. This is an obligation that has been made to people whose military careers are now done."
"Trust me. I am not advocating that end result."
"I think we are right to try to proceed very carefully forward, no matter what we end up doing."
"they're obviously looking--Iran is looking to avoid isolation."
"they want to be able to point to the world and say, look, we're not alone."
"they're looking for allies to help them circumvent sanctions."
"the cost-benefit analysis of being associated with Iran isn't necessarily on the benefit side."
"they seem to be establishing a platform to potentially carry out asymmetrical attacks against the United States."
"I call on the Obama administration to address promptly the threats to the United States should Venezuela use energy as a weapon."
"Iran really is not capable of doing much on its own in the region."