We could drop 200,000 U.S. troops in the middle of this; it wouldn't solve the problem.

I fear that strategy won't work.

What we have to do is tactically use the U.S. military to help the right people and move things in the right direction.

I will, however, disagree with the notion that a U.S. presence will solve the problem.

My view is that there is no substitute for American leadership in the Middle East or anywhere else.

Mr. Smith has introduced legislation along with me that would require lethal assistance be provided to the Ukrainians

I hope that Congress will have the political will to eliminate sequestration entirely.

The problems keep cropping up in many places.

Our sense is, is that Iran's leadership has not made the decision to go all the way and acquire a nuclear weapon.

I believe it is critical that we do not validate Iran's standing in the region by allowing them to have threshold nuclear capability.

A vote to authorize a President to send American men and women into battle is as serious and sobering a vote as any vote cast by a Member of Congress.