"It is enormously important that we get to the September goal of next year and have the full ability to audit the Department of Defense."
"If we are going to be serious about ISIS, the President needs to assign the military a clear mission and then allow the military to carry it out."
"There is no question that ISIS is a clear threat that need to be confronted."
"We must put together a clear strategy to defeat them."
"We need a much clearer message about what that strategy is."
"The only way we win this fight is if we find Sunni allies in the region who are willing to lead that fight."
"As long as Assad is in power that is another rallying call for ISIS to fight against a brutal dictator."
"I don't think we really succeed against ISIS until we remove Assad."
"I think this hearing is perfectly appropriate to really think broadly about what is our strategy."
"How do we find allies in the Muslim, Sunni Muslim world in particular, since these groups are Sunni?"
"A comprehensive solution is needed."
"The root cause of the problem here is we don't have a legitimate Sunni force in Syria or Iraq that--well, that exists, basically."