And I want every one of you, every one of us, 100 senators to look in that camera, and you tell your people back home what you think. Don't hide anymore; none of us. That is the essence of our responsibility. And if we're not willing to do it, we're not worthy to be seated right here. We fail our country. If we don't debate this, if we don't debate this, we are not worthy of our country. We fail our country.

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

I am fully supportive of 'open service' and committed to LGBT military families.

The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

You can have all the capabilities; if you don't have the quality people, you don't have much.

There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction. And thinking through, asking the questions, "Well, then what happens? What comes next?" is critically important.