04/17/2013
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"Thank you, Senator Shaheen and members of the committee, and thank you all for your service and willingness to continue service in these important positions."
"I assert that there would be some wisdom in Congress debating and coming up with an authorization for the war against ISIL based upon the magnitude of the operation, the expected operations."
"Do any of you disagree that a debate and a congressional vote about the war against ISIL would educate the American public about the threat that ISIL poses to the Nation and our allies?"
"That had been blocked in the U.N. Security Council by Russia and China, but yesterday they acceded to a resolution that was passed unanimously to basically allow cross-border aid under a U.N. sanction..."