The President last night said Congress should do an authorization and weigh in and vote about whether this mission is in fact in the National interest.
I think the reality is, our best interests are served, not by withdrawing from many places in this world, but from continuing engagement.
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.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, we went to a reactive, case-by-case. After 9/11, we had a strategy again, which was the war on terror.
I think it is trying to bring them to the table to look at primarily Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Simply put, the JCPOA is working and has effectively cut off all of Iran's pathways to building a nuclear weapon.
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 the...
Who is a bigger enemy of the United States? Refugees from Syria or ISIL?
There has not been a vote or debate about it in either house.
But I hope soon you will be able to come back.