"The hard reality is that the grinding Syrian civil war is now an incubator of extremism on both sides of the sectarian divide."
"We need a policy that checks and counters Russia's self-centered, nationalistic and imperialistic policy."
"President Putin underestimates the commitment of Ukrainians across their country to sovereignty and independence."
"We support direct dialogue between Kiev and Moscow, facilitated by an international contact group."
"I welcome the administration's expeditious response to the situation in Ukraine."
"The other way of looking at it is that it is an advertisement for why we should offer membership to Georgia now, this year, and Ukraine at the appropriate moment."
"We ought to be using our energy resources to accomplish our foreign policy objectives, especially the support of Ukrainian independence."
"The Hezbollah activity in Syria has brought more extremist activity into Syria."
"I associate myself with the comments suggesting that Russia's move in the Crimea is ultimately a sign of weakness that is likely to lead to bad consequences for Russia."
"The Syrian civil war is ultimately the answer to every question."
"I remain firmly convinced, and the administration does, that Assad is a magnet, as my colleagues were talking about, not only for foreign fighters and violent extremism, but that as long as Assad rema..."