Joe Manchin

I am not advocating that we should have shot the plane down, but I understood that Secretary Kerry described it as a reckless, provocative, and dangerous act.

I think the frustration--I think all of us agree we should all be a part of NATO.

I believe strong partnerships with our Central and South American neighbors are fundamental to fighting the drug trade.

If they are not getting the support and basically if they rely on the dysfunction of Baghdad right now getting the goods that they need and the arms that they need to help us defend the terrorists, I think it would be a shame not for us to…

I want to follow up, General Scaparrotti, on Senator Kaine because I have been concerned also with the Kurds, our support of the Kurds.

The President has a decision to make: maintain or increase the current level of U.S. troops given conditions on the ground, or continue with a calendar-based withdrawal.

A strong NATO is in America's national security interests.

I think it's a bipartisan effort here that we're going to be able to support you.

These exercises... are very important as demonstrations of our commitment and our resolve.

I think it marks another successful year of combined training.

To my knowledge, Senator, that is a topic of debate in Korea, just as it is here.

That's the fruit of our commitment there, and we should recognize it as such, that there are two parties, that there is political competition.

It's everything. It's form of government. It's the role of civil society. It's education. It's public health.

If we had left, as we have left Iraq and now we see what's happening, and we're--contemplating Afghanistan, downsizing--if we'd have had that same knowing hindsight, if it is 20-20--what would Korea look like today if we had left, 60 years…

Should further consideration be given toward aligning the 130th Airlift Wing with Air Force Special Operations Command or having this wing somehow affiliated in support of JSOC?

Publically available information is an important tool in the broader U.S. Government and partner nation efforts to counter threats to our Nation.

NATO and we in the Coalition agree that a political transition in Syria is required to assure the long-term stability of the region.

Ultimately Assad's removal, to rid Syria of an autocratic regime whose hostility towards its own people was the original cause of the Syrian Civil War, is essential.

We can't have good policy, particularly in the field of foreign policy and military affairs, if people in your position aren't borderline obnoxious about making your views clear to our elected leaders.

I think they are participants in the development of our ability to leverage and thrive in the human domain.

What can we do to help them understand and train for the ability to dominate the human domain?

No one wants Afghanistan to be the next Iraq.

I believe that sending United States trainers and weapons to Syria would make us safer.

There is not a West Virginian I know that would not sacrifice so we have the military we have to defend our country.

Servicemembers should feel that while they serve to protect the freedoms of all U.S. citizens, theirs are respected and upheld.