And I can understand, when it was a very small operation, why it would be done by the intelligence agencies, such as U-2s and other reconnaissance aircraft, for many years. Now it has reached the point where it's an integral part of the conflict.

John McCain

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We should throw their ambassador the hell out of the United States of America, this is the United States of America. This isn't Turkey; this isn't a third-world country; and this kind of thing cannot go unresponded to diplomatically.

In the Senate, during the three-and-a-half years that Sen. Barack Obama has been a member, he has not reached across party lines to ... accomplish anything significant, nor has he been willing to take on powerful interest groups in the Democratic Party to get something done.

We should throw the Turkish ambassador out of the country, we should identify those people that performed these unlawful acts of beating people up and they should be charged.

The problem with a special prosecutor is we've had mixed results... by John McCain

The problem with a special prosecutor is we've had mixed results in the past.

Ryan Zinke has always supported the principles of tribal sovereignty and self-determination, that's an important pillar of our tribal relations.

Ryan Zinke responded as you might expect( during the March 8 hearing) -- that Ryan Zinke was committed to it, that Ryan Zinke understood the challenges and the situation, and he said it was on Ryan Zinke highest priority list, ryan Zinke gave the right answers. And I believe Ryan Zinke. But I've heard those same answers for years and years.

The answer to that in my view is to give the tribe access to BIE funds to be used for private tuition, tutors, classes, charter schools, so Native families have more choices, i'm not saying charter schools are better or worse -- although I personally believe they're better -- but Native American parents should be able to have a choice where Native American parents want Native American parents children to go.

A North Korean missile with a nuclear payload capable of striking an American city is no longer a distant hypothetical, but an imminent danger -- one that poses a real and rising risk of conflict.

It was heartbreaking because it seemed to me that the uniqueness of the Senate had been irreparably damaged, and along with it, any hope of restoring meaningful bipartisanship, i will do so with great reluctance—not because I have any doubts that Judge Gorsuch will be an excellent Justice, but because of the further damage, perhaps irreparable, it will do to the Senate.

Think those were excellent words. by John McCain

Think those were excellent words.

He said to me he realizes we've got to take action against these elements that are committing war crimes as we speak.

I think it's a dark day in the history of the United States Senate. It's going to happen. It's interesting that Republicans were dead set against it when my former colleague Harry Reid invoked it with the judges, but now it seems to be OK.

The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin. by John McCain

The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin.

I have no reason to believe that the charge is true, but I also believe that the President of the United States could clear this up in a minute, all he has to do is pick up the phone, call the director of the CIA, director of national intelligence and say, 'OK, what happened?'.

There's a lot of aspects of this whole relationship with Russia and (Russian President) Vladimir Putin that requires further scrutiny, and so far, I don't think the American people have gotten all the answers, in fact, I think there's a lot more shoes to drop from this centipede.

In fact, I think there's a lot more shoes to drop from this centipede. why was that taken out of the Republican platform?

This whole issue of the relationship with the Russians and who communicated with them and under what circumstances clearly cries out for investigations, but I would also point out, we should not assume guilt until we have a thorough investigation.

I think (the House Obamacare bill) is a good blueprint but we have a lot of examination to do, and that's why we're the Senate and they're the House.

I had a great lunch meeting with President Trump today. He is strongly committed to rebuilding our military which is music to my ears. President Trump is in deal-making mode and I hope Congress is like-minded.

If you confirm me, my watchwords will be solvency and security in providing for the protection of our people and the survivalof our freedoms.

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