“The Iraqis would love to have Americans die for Iraq and the Syrians would love to have Americans die for Syria.”

Then the small amount of forces that we would have left there might have slowed this day, but they wouldn’t have prevented it altogether.

Frankly I have much more faith in what they posted than what they say during the course of an interview.

Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King’s faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.

That bomb that took down that Russian airliner may have been the size of a soda can. And that bomb killed more people than all the Paris attackers combined. So this is still a grave threat.

We already know that there are those close to James Comey who have a very different take, if there are tapes, of course, that would be the best evidence of what took place.

Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations.

We can’t do it alone. And that has to begin by his acknowledgment of the facts.

When the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally.

An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.

There are perfectly appropriate circumstances to unmask the names of people.

Terrific. Now to win a larceny trial all we have to do is prove how the universe ends.

We know that the evidence or information is sufficient to warrant an FBI investigation of this.

I’m just concerned that as long as this caliphate exists, it provides this magnet for radicalization, and we’re likely to see more attacks like we have seen in San Bernardino, Chattanooga and elsewhere, and that’s the concern I have over pace.

We cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.

Too much under the thumb of the Iranians.

We still have a problem here in this country of access to airports and airplanes [for terrorists].