the people who congregated in Afghanistan, has absolutely nothing to do with this.
The diplomatic breakthrough, a factor in that was the willingness to use military force.
I think the mission, as described, is reasonable. But, I think Congress is necessary.
ISIL is the immediate threat and, therefore, should be addressed first.
If we're going to ask them to risk that, then we should do our job to bless the mission and say that it's worth it.
It is my hope that this body will grapple with this four-point plan, will ask tough questions, will refine it...
The administration testified, in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in May, that the 2002 AUMF was obsolete and should be repealed...
I am deeply disappointed that... they deserted the communities they were responsible for protecting.
The Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom post has been vacant since October 2013.
The Iraqis again, they want the United States to be the backbone of their military force.
We have had testimony in these hearings before about some kinds of financing that I think can be talked about publicly.