The President has announced a plan to withdraw United States forces completely from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.

I think our approach is a fragmented one, and I think it's exacerbated by budgetary indecision.

It is more likely that the Nation will sustainably support a war if there is a full debate on it before Congress.

I think we have to plan for that as a possibility, but I do not think it is a guarantee that that is what is going to happen.

Sanctions could get us a better deal. They could. Sanctions could also lead to an acceleration of an Iranian nuclear program that could put us in a worse position.

there will be inspections. We want to make sure that they are vigorous, immediate, everywhere.

I do not think sanctions were a silver bullet here or were ever going to be a silver bullet.

I do think the risk of military action increases.

We should never say, well, somebody else is going to veto it, so why bother?

The IAEA was right. The United States was wrong. And there was a significant generation-altering consequence of that.

I do not think those are the options.

But I hope soon you will be able to come back.

Sanctions alone were not going to do it. But sanctions were a necessary element to getting them to the table.

Diplomacy with an adversary is hard. Diplomacy with an adversary is often necessary.

If I could, you are absolutely right. But we purchased those better inspections with a war.

I think we should make that argument as sort of forcefully and as candidly as we can, but they are going to listen to us I think only if they see us as an ally and as a friend.

I think we ought to see, Senator, the application of an American containment strategy on Iran in the region as part of these negotiations.

I think most people here want to see that happen.

I would say that regardless of whether U.N. Security Council takes action or not, which we all know they are not...

I think it would be good to double down on sanctions, though I cannot imagine the political strategy that would keep the rest of the parties together for doing so unless Iran should walk away from the table.

This is a deal that in my review produces a dramatically better position for about 15 years than the status quo before negotiations started.

I think we ought to make the point every time we can.

Simply put, the JCPOA is working and has effectively cut off all of Iran's pathways to building a nuclear weapon.

I think we got our number one nonproliferation issue, 20 percent.

I think one of the important things Congress can do is to clearly state that Iran does not have a right to enrich.