No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.

I'm not sure leaders listen enough, especially to their people. And I've always thought in everything I've tried to do in my life, in the jobs I've had, is that if we can turn our transmitters off and our receivers on more often, we're better leaders and we know more of what is going on and therefore we can lead more effectively.

I don't get into the book-telling business of conversations I have with the president. That's not my style, and I don't think that's a responsible thing to do.

I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.

This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.

There has to be a reason and objective (to air strikes). What does it do to move the effort down the road for a political conversation?

[Sheehan] deserves some consideration, and I think that should have been done right from the beginning.