"I think the training that we do with other nations might be one of the best investments we make."
"I think that we are at a natural inflexion point."
"The President has given very clear guidance that he sees us coming off of a wartime footing."
"We are the top provider of humanitarian aid in the world."
"there are costs, and to build patiently, persistently, and firmly counterpressure against what the Russians have already done"
"we are going to get in a position where we have anything but the potential of a failed state and the consequences of what that that means to our national security"
"Putin has cast aside both international law and his nation's own commitments to respect the territorial integrity of the Ukraine."
"unless, as this committee voted quite some time ago in a bipartisan fashion to arm the vetted Syrian moderate rebels, nothing will change in Assad's equation"
"I think the new Ukrainian Government has done a good job of making clear its concern about Ukrainian citizens, west and east, across the whole country."
"Putin's game is not 21st century statesmanship, but 19th century gamesmanship."
"The conflict and the Assad regime have become a magnet for foreign fighters, many affiliated with terrorist groups."