I'm A Supporter Of Israel, Always Have

I'm The First Secretary Of Defense That's Had To Deal With Sequestration. I've Prepared Two Budgets That Deal With Sequestration. And You Bring The Chiefs Together, The Leadership Of This Enterprise Together, To Work Through, How Do We Then Take These Cuts? Where Do We Apply Those Cuts? Readiness Is The First Thing That Suffers.

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.

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.

This Current Government In Iraq Has Never Fulfilled The Commitments It Made To Form A Unity Government With The Kurds, The Sunnis And The Shia. We Have Worked Hard With Them Within The Confines Of Our Ability To Do That But We Can't Dictate To Them.

Foreign Policy Will Require A Strategic Agility That, Whenever Possible, Gets Ahead Of Problems, Strengthens U.s. Security And Alliances, And Promotes American Interests And Credibility.