"I think it is the largest national security threat that we face as a country."
"I do believe that ISIL's momentum has been blunted."
"I worry a great deal about the notion that people are focused on the U.S. military as the solution to this problem."
"But that isn't always the right strategy; because sometimes there are things that military might can't do."
"the presence of the prison continues to be an international eyesore, as I mentioned, to our allies much more importantly than to our enemies."
"We have the capability in the United States of America to house some of the most dangerous people in the world."
"there is no reason on Earth that they can't be safely housed here in the U.S."
"It simply doesn't make policy sense to keep Guantanamo open."
"We are in the exact opposite position, facing an array of complex threats that are going to require... resources and considerable creativity."
"We could help ourselves enormously if we got rid of sequestration."
"Sequestration is just a horrible place to do that."
"What sense does it make to have the big-deck carriers?"