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" Trying to balance the budget through defense cuts is both counterproductive and impossible. "

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" The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote. "

" If we had maintained a small, residual force in Iraq, I don't think the Islamic State would have risen to power as it has. "

" The Islamic State is using medieval tactics. "

" I can assure you that I'm not very close to Hillary Clinton. I think she's disqualified herself from Commander-in-Chief by her cavalier attitude towards our nation's secrecy laws. "

" Donald Trump can ultimately make the case for himself. "

" My heart goes out, as does every American, when I see the videotape of Jason Rezaian and Amir Hekmati and Saeed Abedini coming back to their families. "

" In my opinion the only problem with Guantanamo Bay is there are too many empty beds and cells there right now. We should be sending more terrorists there for further interrogation to keep this country safe. "

" Roadside bombs that Iran sent to Iraq to blow up over 500 American soldiers cost a lot less than $1.7 billion. "

" Unless we get serious about addressing Iran's regional ambitions in places like Syria, then our allies are never going to be confident that we have a strategy for the region. "

" No man wants more war if he's planned memorial services for fallen comrades, carried their flag-draped caskets off a plane, and buried them at Arlington National Cemetery. "

" Are we fighting too many wars? And I would say no. We're fighting one war. And it's a war against radical Islamic Jihad. "

" I joined the army after 9/11, after the Iraq war was started. I joined in part because I wanted to go fight on the front lines. "

" The problem of end-to-end encryption isn't just a terrorism issue. "

" We need to force Iran to dismantle its nuclear program entirely or face the threat of military force to destroy that program. "

" I decided early on, very early, that the best role I could play is to speak in my own voice, assume my own voice and my own ideas. Even if you support a candidate who ultimately wins, what you say and do is seen through the filter of that candidate. "

" Vladimir Putin is decisive. He's committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria. "

" We have taught Iran's leaders and the world a very bad lesson: that there is a price on the head of Americans to be held hostage. "

" The U.S.-Israel alliance is a core part of our strategic position in the Middle East. "

" Ambition characterizes and distinguishes national officeholders from other kinds of human beings. "

" Any deal that's not approved by Congress won't be accepted by Congress. Not now and certainly not in the future. "

" We need to quit appeasing our adversaries, and we need to stand with our allies. "

" We need to be tough once again in the world. "

" There are still plenty of fighting forces inside of Syria who want to see Assad go. We should have been helping them from the very beginning. "

" The NSA is not listening to anyone's phone calls. They're not reading any Americans' e-mails. They're collecting simply the data that your phone company already has, and which you don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy, so they can search that data quickly in the event of a terrorist plot. "

" In Arkansas, we believe in religious freedom. "

" I'll tell you the truth, even in an election year, and that's what people are ready for. "

" I spent several months patrolling Al Dora district in Baghdad in 2006 with the 101st Airborne. It's a tough neighborhood. There's a lot of militias operating there, including a lot of Shiite militias, which are backed by Iran. "

" Unlike President Obama, I would say that I support the long-standing bipartisan post-war belief that American global strength and leadership secures our national-security interests, and it also promotes order and stability in the world. And it gives us immense influence in the world and deters our adversaries and reassures our allies. "

" It's clearly the intent of the Islamic State to strike us here in the United States. And that's why we have to go on offense in the war against the Islamic State to fight them where they are before they fight us here in the United States. "

" You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise. "