Let me tell you why I think the absence of the humanitarian zone is going to go down as one of the big mistakes that we've made, equivalent to the decision not to engage in humanitarian activity in Rwanda in the 1990s.

I think it would be absolutely foolish for us to not clarify the rules of engagement for the Syrian trained folks.

Russia would not intervene and try to mess around with us if we were engaged in a humanitarian effort that was premised upon a U.N. Security Council Resolution that they actually voted for.

I just hope that we would follow--I hate to say this--I hope we would follow the lead of other nations whose legislative bodies have decided it was important enough to have a debate and vote on this before the public.

We should not just be spectators.

What Congress is supposed to do is to provide a budget to you to defend the Nation and win this battle.

Assad would only be willing... to come to the table to negotiate a settlement if he feels like he is threatened.

I think it is important to counter an argument that has been made in here repeatedly, and that is, income inequality is not a Republican-generated issue.

Would it be possible to ask one more?

I think we all know the answer is both, and if you did both, then the magnitude of the changes to revenue and spending are a good bit smaller in the percentages under either scenario.

But if you had a balanced package where you did a little bit of both, where you do tax reform that increases revenue, and when you tackle some of the challenges, especially Medicaid and Medicare...

Describe what is a dangerous level of debt.

Policymakers do not have their arms around the consequences of growing longevity.

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You could waste a billion dollars or you could spend a billion dollars that would really help put the Northern Triangle on a path similar to the arc that Colombia or Mexico have been on.

A lot of this violence in the nations that are corrupting their institutions, affecting both the security and governance pillars, and the prosperity, too, is driven by the drug trade.

we have our co-responsibility, as well.

I am cautiously optimistic, and I would say that I believe the Secretary is, as well.

It is very important for the American people to understand this is the longest running continuous insurgency in any country in the world.

Respect for international labor rights must be a fundamental focus of any trade deal to ensure American workers are not disadvantaged in the global economy.

The Americas have all the challenges that we have described, but there are some real opportunities now.

Colombia has become a country transformed into a net security exporter cooperating with the Mexicans.

We have got to own our responsibility. And it is U.S. cash that is corrupting these countries, these poor countries, because of the demand for drugs.