I Defended This Country As A Young

Ask Osama Bin Laden Is He Is Better Off Now Than He Was Four Years Ago.

We Are Not Interested In A Proxy War. Our Objective Is To Change Russia's Behavior.

We Need To Talk To All The Players In The Middle East, Not Because We Agree With Them, But Because They Play A Role.

War On Terror Is Far Less Of A Military Operation And Far More Of An Intelligence-gathering, Law-enforcement Operation.

Let Me Just Say You Could End This Violence Within A Very Short Period Of Time, Have A Complete Ceasefire - Which Iran Could Control, Which Russia Could Control, Which Syria Could Control, And Which We And Our Coalition Friends Could Control - If One Man Would Merely Make It Known To The World That He Doesn't Have To Be Part Of The Long-term Future; He'll Help Manage Syria Out Of This Mess And Then Go Off Into The Sunset, As Most People Do After A Period Of Public Life. If He Were To Do That, Then You Could Stop The Violence And Quickly Move To Management.