U.S. ground troops aren't a good idea because this has to be our fight against our terrorist threat.

I think that's a big challenge ahead.

One of the reasons I supported the JPOA is my assumption that our intel sources haven't gone away.

American ground troops as part of this battle of ISIL would not be a good idea, in his view.

I would look at any final deal, if one is reached, in analyzing its content and determining whether I support it or not.

American ground troops is a bad idea because it would convert the perception of the battle against ISIL to the United States or west against ISIL.

I just would commend the idea of a humanitarian zone inside Syria probably on the border with Turkey or the border with Jordan.

The United States is the most generous nation in the world in terms of humanitarian relief to refugees from Syria.

The emir of Qatar was actually even more straightforward about that today. He said I do not want American ground troops in.

He brought up the notion that American ground troops may be a recruiting bonanza for ISIL.

King Abdullah said this is our fight, not yours, and basically suggested that U.S. ground troops would not be a good idea.

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Talk a little bit about the Taliban post Mullah Omar.

So the Taliban would want to test that early.

The Afghans certainly knew this was going to be very tough.

We should thank those who have served in Afghanistan over and over, because this progress has been hard won, at a great cost.

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Everything we do should be conditions-based, not calendar-based.

That is not a big enough national security policy for a nation as great as the United States.

I think sustaining that rules-based international order is something that has to be at the heart of any strategic framework we develop.

It would also be very damaging in terms of civil-military relations.

I think the stakes are very high.

I think to say that the concern about the propaganda value of Guantanamo is just a political argument... ignores an awful lot of facts.

We're all concerned about the ongoing viability of the 2001 AUMF...