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John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election

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Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?

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I am not President Bush.

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I would like to mention that a couple days ago Senator Obama was out in Ohio and he had an encounter with a guy who's a plumber, his name is Joe Wurzelbacher.

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Joe wants to buy the business that he has been in for all of these years, worked 10, 12 hours a day. And he wanted to buy the business, but he looked at your tax plan and he saw that he was going to pay much higher taxes

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This is obviously an act of war that has been committed on the United States. referring to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon

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There's one man who has made pain in my life a living hell and another man who has literally shepherded me through the grief process.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 10 months ago Top News

I have to have confidence that the fox is not going to be put back into the henhouse.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 1 year ago Politics

I voted for the motion to proceed to allow debate to continue and amendments to be offered. I will not vote for the bill as it is today. It's a shell of a bill right now. We all know that.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

I am not supportive of the legislation as it stands today.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 1 year ago Politics

My father was his kryptonite in life, he was his kryptonite in death.

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Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

It's going to liberate a lot of Republicans who know better, my dad had the expression. ... He'd say,' Joey there's no sense on dying on a small cross. If you're going to die, make it a big one.' Well my Republican colleagues don't want to die on a small cross.

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Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

My friends, when I was growing up, my father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone, john McCain 106-year-old mother gave us her love of life, her deep interest in the world, her strength, and her belief that we're all meant to use our opportunities to make ourselves useful to our country.

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Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

If I met Tran Trong Duyet now, I would wish Tran Trong Duyet good health as a good friend always does, could John McCain please send my deep condolences to his family and his wife. I wish to see his family and his wife in Vietnam.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I do understand how many could have misconstrued my comments as insensitive, and for this I apologize, the intention of my comments were in no way directed at Sen. John McCain or John McCain family.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I'm not a robot. I'm not John McCain Fast Facts Ward. I'm not somebody who's programmed with talking points, i don't mean to offend people, I just mean to speak directly to people, and I think that's why people want me in this race.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Today’s indictment is a result of the hard work of America’s law enforcement and intelligence officials who dedicate their lives to bringing to justice those who wish to do us harm. These revelations add to a body of evidence confirming an extensive plot by Vladimir Putin’s government to attack the 2016 election, sow chaos and dissention among the American electorate, and undermine faith in our democracy.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I look forward to the Senate fulfilling this critical duty through a fair and thorough confirmation process.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

Human rights progress in Vietnam should also be better served by restoring relations with that country, the Vietnamese have already developed complex relations with the rest of the free world. Instead of vainly trying to isolate Vietnam, the United States should test the proposition that greater exposure to Americans will render Vietnam more susceptible to the influence of our values.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I don’t begin this mission with any sense of entitlement. America doesn’t owe me anything, i am the son and grandson of Navy admirals, and I was born into America’s service. It wasn’t until I was deprived of her company that I fell in love with America, and it has been my honor to serve her and her great cause of freedom.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not yet really tried, nor could I support it without knowing how much it would cost, how it will affect insurance premiums and how many people would be helped or hurt by it.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

It is because I owe America more than she has ever owed me that I am a candidate for president of the United States.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

She’s not from these parts, and she’s not from Washington, but when you get to know her, you’re going to be as impressed as I am.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

You’re wrong Harry, I am sorry, but you are dead wrong. Russia is a threat because it is declining, because Putin’s economy is a train wreck, when the bear feels wounded, she is dangerous. And if we don’t stand tall against Russia now, they will keep pushing, and this will only get worse. We aren’t learning from history, and I fear where this ends up. Putin’s not done.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

I am particularly humbled that my colleagues chose to designate legislation of such importance in my name. Serving on the Senate Armed Services Committee has been an incredibly meaningful experience since my first days on Capitol Hill.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

President Trump proved not only unable, but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press, and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world.

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Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

Today’s indictment is a result of the hard work of America’s law enforcement and intelligence officials who dedicate their lives to bringing to justice those who wish to do us harm, these revelations add to a body of evidence confirming an extensive plot by Vladimir Putin’s government to attack the 2016 election, sow chaos and dissension among the American electorate, and undermine faith in our democracy.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

Putin is not America’s friend. … Putin is America’s enemy.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

The President task is to reverse The President disturbing tendency to show America's adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies. The President must show that The President can be strong and tough with Vladimir Putin -- not for The President task own sake, but to demonstrate The President willingness to defend America, its allies, our shared interests, and our common values against those who threaten them, putin is not America's friend, nor merely a competitor. Putin is America's enemy -- not because we wish it so, but because he has chosen to be.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Putin is not America's friend, nor merely a competitor. Putin is America's enemy — not because we wish it so, but because he has chosen to be, it is up to President Trump to hold Putin accountable for his actions during the meeting in Helsinki.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

It is up to President Trump to hold Putin accountable for his actions during the meeting in Helsinki.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

As we face the most complex and dangerous security environment since the end of the Cold War, we must not forget that America is safer and more secure because we work with and through our allies. Throughout the past seven decades, the United States and its NATO allies have served together, fought together, and sacrificed together for a vision of the world based on freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law, our enduring alliance stands as an important safeguard in preserving this world order– and it is essential to securing our national interests.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

Despite this resolution passing both chambers of Congress several times in recent years, no pardon has been issued to date, i hope President Trump will seize the opportunity before President Trump to right this historical wrong and restore a great athlete's legacy.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

We share this honor with all of the veterans who came before us and all who proudly served and are still serving around the world, as we mark Memorial Day this weekend, I can think of no better way to demonstrate our gratitude to the brave men and women who have sacrificed in uniform than to strengthen and improve the care they so richly deserve.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

I love life, and I want to stay around forever, but I also feel that there's a great honor that you can die with.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Entertainment

As I stand here today -- looking a little worse for wear, I'm sure -- I have a refreshed appreciation for the protocols and customs of this body, and for the other 99 privileged souls who have been elected to this Senate.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

My dad's actually doing really well right now, i believe in the power of prayer, and I think it's helping. She also clapped back at reports that White House aide Kelly Sadler had remarked, White House doesn't matter, White House aide Kelly Sadler's dying anyway, in reference to John McCain's opposition to President Donald Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

I believe Gina Haspel is a patriot who loves our country and has devoted her professional life to its service and defense, however, Ms. Haspel's role in overseeing the use of torture by Americans is disturbing. Her refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying. I believe the Senate should exercise its duty of advice and consent and reject this nomination.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

Chris had asked the State Department for more security for the Benghazi mission [before the attack], but it had been denied.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I don’t know how much longer I’ll be here.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I’d like to see us recover our sense that we’re more alike than different.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

I don't know how much longer I'll be here. … I hate to leave it. But I don't have a complaint. Not one. It's been quite a ride, i made a small place for myself in the story of America and the history of my times. John McCain remains hopeful.

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Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

Johnson’s imprisonment forced him into the shadows of bigotry and prejudice, and continues to stand as a shameful stain on our nation’s history.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

To succeed in the long run, we need a comprehensive strategy for Syria and the entire region, air strikes disconnected from a broader strategy may be necessary, but they alone will not achieve U.S. objectives in the Middle East.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Top News

Air strikes disconnected from a broader strategy may be necessary, but they alone will not achieve U.S. objectives in the Middle East.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Top News

They’ve confiscated everything and shut the website down.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Latest Headlines

I’m sure it was a cultural and pharmaceutical event.

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Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

I believe this legislation, though far from perfect, would enhance American competitiveness, boost the economy, and provide long-overdue tax relief for middle-class families.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

The prognosis is very, very serious.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

When less than 1 percent of Americans are volunteering to join the military, we should welcome all those who are willing and able to serve our country.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago U.S.

The president has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Mr. Arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

The president has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Joe Arpaio has shown no remorse for Joe Arpaio actions.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

Since this fringe movement can not attract the support of decent Americans, it resorts to impugning the character of a good man and outstanding soldier who has served honorably in uniform and sacrificed more for our country than any of his detractors ever have.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

Such smear tactics should not be tolerated and deserve an emphatic response.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

Trump said. The comment was questioned by some Republicans, including Arizona Sen. John McCain. I don't know what he's saying and I've long ago given up trying to interpret what he says.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to trust each other, stop the political gamesmanship, and put the health care needs of the American people first, we can do this.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

At the top of that list is cutting taxes for middle class families and fixing our broken tax code.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

You always have concerns about an important vote like that.

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Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

The revised Senate health care bill released today does not include the measures I have been advocating for on behalf of the people of Arizona, i intend to file amendments that would address concerns raised by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and other leaders across our state about the bill’s impact on Arizona’s Medicaid system.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

I know what the slaughter has been like. I know that the Russians knew that Bashar Assad was going to use chemical weapons. And to say that maybe we've got the wrong approach?

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Politics

My view is that it's probably going to be dead.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Top News

The White House is convinced they can get better results by addressing those issues in private, one-on-one. we have to stand up for what we believe in.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

We have to stand up for what we believe in.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

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.

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Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

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Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

Think those were excellent words.

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Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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?'.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

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.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

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

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

Two weeks from today I will take the oath of office and America’s safety and security will be my number one priority.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

The CIA has not always been right, to say the least.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

We need to look at it.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

I think there should be an investigation because in order to defend ourselves against other adversarial countries, we have to protect our information.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

Now that the law is unraveling, it’s no surprise that Democrats are clamoring for a so-called ‘public option,’.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

They are the number one target for the Taliban and for ISIS (Islamic State).

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Company News

Our troops are in Afghanistan today for the same reason they deployed there in 2001 - to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for global terrorists, the Taliban remains allied with these terrorists, including al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network, and it is the one force most able and willing to turn Afghanistan into a terrorist safe haven once again.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

There's still repression, yes, there's been improvement but there's still quite a way to go.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

I applaud the NFL’s audit in response to our oversight investigation into ‘ paid patriotism. ’ Returning the $ 723,000 is the right thing to do.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Sports

The other organizations - Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer - should also conduct an audit and return the money or donate Major League Baseball to service members, veterans and their families.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Sports

The truth of that narrative is evidently of secondary importance, as the article exposed how the White House manipulated and, in some cases, manufactured facts to sell the reckless Iran nuclear deal to the American people as a prelude to large-scale disengagement from the Middle East, president Obama has taken great pains to set himself apart from his predecessor. He has succeeded in at least one respect by failing to find the courage to challenge his own assumptions, admit mistakes, and chart a better course.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

It seems to me that if they are taking on a combat role that that also means they would be eligible for registration.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 4 years ago U.S.

The F-35 is a long-term investment in the defense of this nation, and our future adversaries are not sitting still. And in the next 10, 20, 30 years we may very well need the capabilities that the F-35 will provide us to maintain our leadership in the world.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

So we have now two sanctioned cronies of (Russian President) Vladimir Putin who are getting X millions of dollars of taxpayers' money.

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Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

We have a conflict going on in Iraq and Syria now ... which the A-10 is in combat in ... and you have nothing to replace it with.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

I would also echo the many concerns about Mr. Trump’s uninformed and indeed dangerous statements on national security issues.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago U.S.

I share the concerns about Donald Trump that my friend and former Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, described in his speech today, i would also echo the many concerns about Mr. Trump’s uninformed and indeed dangerous statements on national security issues that have been raised by 65 Republican defense and foreign policy leaders.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

I would also echo the many concerns about Mr. Trump’s uninformed and indeed dangerous statements on national security issues that have been raised by 65 Republican defense and foreign policy leaders.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

We're seeing really intense Republican energy and turnout and I think that will happen in November.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

It’s not enough funding, and they’re cutting necessary programs, and they still don’t have a strategy, other than that, it’s fine.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

There is no weapon in our arsenal that offers more effective close-air support to American ground troops serving in harm's way than the A-10 aircraft, i look forward to seeing our A-10 pilots continue to make important advances in the fight against ISIL in the Middle East, boosting NATO's efforts to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, and supporting vital missions for U.S. national security wherever they are needed.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

They are a bunch of thugs and cronies of Vladimir Putin, some of them are ex-KGB.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

It's time to immediately halt U.S. troop withdrawals and eliminate any target date for withdrawal.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago U.S.

You see a frustration and anger out there, which then rejects the 'establishment,' or elected people, cruz has tapped into that. (Bernie) Sanders has tapped into it. And of course, Trump has.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Listen, Bernie Sanders came to Tucson, Arizona, a couple months ago and 13,000 people showed up, OK? and look at how he's doing in the polls in New Hampshire -- and it isn't just because he's from a neighboring state.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I've never seen anything like this.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

And look at how he's doing in the polls in New Hampshire -- and it isn't just because he's from a neighboring state.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I welcome reports that the Air Force has decided to keep the A-10 aircraft flying through fiscal year 2017, ensuring our troops have the vital close air support they need for missions around the world. Today, the A-10 fleet is playing an indispensable role in the fight against ISIL in Iraq and assisting NATO's efforts to deter Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, with growing global chaos and turmoil on the rise, we simply cannot afford to prematurely retire the best close air support weapon in our arsenal without fielding a proper replacement.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

I think the best thing to do is evaluate it on Inauguration Day, you're going to have between the election and the Jan. 20 swearing-in to evaluate whether they have adhered to it and make a judgment then. But I think it's a very bad agreement.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

I think I prefer others who have a better grasp in my view of the challenges we face.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I imagine that the Gang of Eight will stay together and Donald Trump ’ll be for Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, so … why not help ?

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

With Sen. Lindsey Graham's announcement, Republicans lost our most qualified, thoughtful, fearless and honest presidential candidate, not to mention the candidate with the best (and it seemed sometimes the only) sense of humor, as sorry as I am to see Lindsey's candidacy end, I understand his reasons, and I'm as proud of him as I've ever been for his exemplary service to our party and our country.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

With all the public attention surrounding the improper use of personal email by other administration officials, it is hard to believe that Secretary Carter would exercise the same error in judgment.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

With all the public attention surrounding the improper use of personal email by other Administration officials, it is hard to believe that Secretary Carter would exercise the same error in judgment.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago U.S.

Our nation should not rely on Russia to access space, but because it is simply immoral to help subsidize Russia's intervention in Ukraine and line the pockets of Putin's gang of thugs who profit from the sale of Russian rocket engines.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

I feel strongly that these tactics are inappropriate and intended to support an effort in the Congress to subvert the authorization process, given these actions and ULA's decision not to compete for a Phase IA launch, the Armed Services Committee will need to assess the establishment of an unrestricted prohibition of the use of Russian rocket engines.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

Whatever allusions anyone may have had that our national security was not at stake in the conflict in Iraq and Syria or that ISIL was somehow contained, these attacks make it clear that ISIL’s threat against our homeland is real, direct and growing.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

The question... is being asked all over the capitals of the West right now, (Arab) countries for a long time have not seen what's happening as a direct threat to them. Now I believe that they do.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

It does reveal an underlying view of these things that is really harmful and ... that is damaging, john Kerry has probably been the most inept secretary of state, certainly in my lifetime.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

What I do not do is to take actions either because it is going to work politically or it is going to somehow, in the abstract, make America look tough, some of them seem to think that if I were just more bellicose in expressing what we're doing, that that would make a difference.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

Some of them seem to think that if I were just more bellicose in expressing what we're doing, that that would make a difference.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

The surge worked, we had it under control.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

As tragic as this is.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I worry when they arrest people for no good reason, when they have 40,000 or so people in prison and there's clearly been an abridgement of various freedoms, such as the press and others.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Their military is good, a lot of it has to do with our support.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

Today's ruling is an important step forward in upholding international law against China's attempts to assert vast and, in my view, questionable claims in the South China Sea.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

Today’s ruling is an important step forward in upholding international law against China’s attempts to assert vast and, in my view, questionable claims in the South China Sea.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

Secretary Clinton owes an apology to the families of the veterans who lost their loved ones due to mismanagement and corruption in the federal government.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I've always favored closing Guantanamo for a whole variety of reasons. And yet, we still haven't got a plan from you.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

Obama is an Arab.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

My thoughts and prayers are with families of the person who was killed and the three others who were wounded in the horrific shooting on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff early this morning, i appreciate the efforts of all state and local law enforcement officials, first-responders and school administrators, and continue to pray for the recovery of the injured, as well as all those in the NAU community who have been impacted by this terrible tragedy.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago U.S.

Unfortunately, it appears ‘deconfliction’ is merely an Orwellian euphemism for this administration’s acceptance of Russia’s expanded role in Syria, and as a consequence, for Assad’s continued brutalization of the Syrian people.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

If the administration complains about the provisions on Guantanamo, then it's their fault because they never came forward with a plan.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

I was disappointed in that, it seems me when you work with a group of people and you agree, you keep your word.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

No ma'am, he's a decent family man citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

The administration has continued to restrict our Navy ships from operating within 12 nautical miles of China's reclaimed islands, this is a dangerous mistake that grants de facto recognition of China's man-made sovereignty claims.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

One year into this campaign, it seems impossible to assert that (Islamic State) is losing and that we are winning. And if you're not winning in this kind of warfare, you are losing.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Industrials

There is recent progress in Iraq. Three-thousand U.S.-trained and equipped Iraqi forces are among those who have encircled Ramadi and are poised for an operation to retake the city from ISIS. Shipments of U.S. weapons are finally arriving to fighters in a timely fashion. But while Defense Ash Carter has not ruled out the use of forward air controllers, Defense Ash Carter said : I talked about that with our commanders … here. They have not recommended us taking that step at this time. Critics in Washington, like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., have excoriated commanders for not recommending them. Obviously ISIS is winning in Iraq and for you not to be in favor of us having forward air controllers on the ground in some scholastic answer, you know full well as I do -- forward air controllers make the difference.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

... I think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving our country.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

This committee will continue to closely scrutinize the overall management and performance of the F-35 program, and we will hold individuals accountable.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

Additionally, I believe the United States must further ease the prohibition on the sale of lethal military equipment to Vietnam at this time, including all platforms that facilitate the Vietnamese armed forces' ability to operate more effectively on, above, and within its territorial waters.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I'm not sure about that, my forebearers fought in the Civil War on the Southern side. They fought for what they believed in, so I can't go that far.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

This amendment provides greater assurances that never again will the United States follow that dark path of sacrificing our values for our short-term security needs.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

I believe past interrogation policies compromised our values, stained our national honor, and did little practical good, this amendment provides greater assurances that never again will the United States follow that dark path of sacrificing our values for our short-term security needs.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

Accountability must be restored to theFord-class aircraft carrier program, our nation simply cannot afford these kinds of cost overruns amid rising global threats and fiscal challenges.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago U.S.

Our nation simply cannot afford these kinds of cost overruns amid rising global threats and fiscal challenges.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago U.S.

CVN 79 is now $520 million over the Navy’s estimate.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago U.S.

He'll get a lot of publicity for a day or so, but it won't affect the process overall.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

We're not doing enough of anything.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

This is a failure of a policy, which I think is not enough of anything.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

We need more boots on the ground, not the 82nd Airborne.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

I don't know them real well, but both have good reputations.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Top News

We will renew this discussion with the administration, within Congress as to who actually should be running the drone operation.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

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

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

I can understand when it was a very small operation why it would be done by an intelligence agency.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

I would support the nominee for my party, I am a loyal Republican. I would hope that good sense would prevail here, because the realities of the world today do not allow for isolationist policies, we’ve already seen what happens from.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

Senator Paul is the worst possible candidate of the 20 or so that are running on the most important issue, which is national security.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

The record is very clear that [Paul] does not have an understanding of the needs or the threats of United States national security.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

Maybe it was through some medium that I'm not familiar with. Maybe bouncing it off the ozone layer, for all I know, there's a lot of holes in the ozone layer, so maybe it wasn't the ozone layer that he bounced it off of. Maybe it was through hand telegraph, maybe sign language, who knows?

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

It is a very serious escalatory step, if you're going to use U.S. air power, what else is going to happen to make sure you stop the Houthi?

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

It was very obvious to many of us that this did not have to happen, we did not take care of the regime that was in place, the president that was in there. It is a symptom of our failure throughout the Middle East.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Top News

The United States can not default on our obligations and this bill prevents that from happening, the deal is not perfect. It is not what I would have written and I have great concerns about the cuts to our nation’s defense spending that may have to occur as a result of this bill’s passage. We must do everything we can to avoid an exercise in blind sequestration of defense funds that could come into play if the joint committee can not find a way to further avoid cuts of $ 1.2 trillion.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

General, that's immoral. It's not only unworkable, it's immoral, i do not know how you recruit young people to fight and ... we don't have a policy yet whether we're going to protect them or not.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

I do not know how you recruit young people to fight and ... we don't have a policy yet whether we're going to protect them or not.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago World

We are now flirting with disaster.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

Our Defense Department has grown larger but less capable, more complex but less innovative, more proficient at defeating low-tech adversaries but more vulnerable to high-tech ones.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

Innovation is measured in 18-month cycles in the commercial market. The Defense Department has acquisition cycles that can last 18 years.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Company News

Such inflammatory rhetoric has no place in this body and serves no purpose other than to further divide us, i think he owes this body, Ms. Lynch and all Americans an apology.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 5 years ago Politics

If we're going to have a lower (defense) number than the president of the United States is proposing, we have no credibility on saying that we are committed to defending this nation -- not when every service chief, every witness before our committee says it will devastate ... our ability to defend the nation, you can't do that and claim that you care about national defense.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

I am afraid that you will hear very little from them in the way of a strategy to defeat ISIS, all intelligence indicates that [ISIS's] ultimate goal is to strike the United States of America. They can't destroy us, but there's no doubt that they're a direct threat.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

General Dempsey is the most disappointing chairman of the Joint Chiefs that I have seen, and I have seen many of them.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

They are trying to intentionally or unintentionally circumvent the intent of the law.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

We need to fund the Department of Homeland Security, we cannot shut down the Department of Homeland Security.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

I think that’s the best way we can resolve this.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

You have to have a stabilizing force, you're going to also have to have American boots on the ground. That does not mean massive numbers. … But it does mean forward air controllers, Special Forces and many others.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

I think we should not restrain the President of the United States.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

But to restrain him in our authorization of him taking military action I think, frankly, is unconstitutional and eventually leads to 535 commanders-in-chief.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

There are ways we can address what the President, did [which] was unconstitutional, but it's not through shutting down the Department of Homeland Security.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

The American people didn't give us the majority to have a fight between House and Senate Republicans.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

Providing defensive lethal assistance to Ukraine is not inconsistent with the search for a political solution, it is an essential component to achieving it, nothing about this deal has changed that.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

The agreement reached in Minsk freezes the conflict at a time of separatist advantage, solidifies the gains of Russian aggression and leaves Ukraine's border with Russia firmly under Moscow's control pending a comprehensive political settlement whose content is unknown and feasibility is unclear.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Politics

A group of us met with President Ghani over the weekend, and he was very strong and adamant that this current plan will put the nation in danger. And I hope that our leadership will pay attention to him.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

If we want to constrain the president's actions, we have the power of the purse, the Constitution says the president of the United States is the commander in chief.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

The Ukrainians are being slaughtered and we're sending them blankets and meals, blankets don't do well against Russian tanks.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

I think that would not be appropriate treatment of the prime minister of Israel, and I'm sure they can respond to their constituents as to why they would do that, the overriding reason he was invited is because of our concerns with the negotiation with Iran, which will then allow Iran to become a nuclear power.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

The overriding reason he was invited is because of our concerns with the negotiation with Iran, which will then allow Iran to become a nuclear power.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

I sincerely hope the president who nominated you will empower you to lead and contribute to the fullest extent of your abilities, because at a time of multiplying threats to our security, America needs a strong secretary of defense now more than ever.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Company News

He needs some types of weapons very badly.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

For God's sake, can't we help these people defend themselves? This is not an incursion. This is an invasion.

– John McCain

Found on FOX News 6 years ago Latest Headlines

He basically said, 'I'm going to do my thing, you do your thing.' We got it, we got the message.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

The argument that I hear from the administration is that we don't want to provoke Vladimir Putin. That is just Orwellian... history will judge this administration incredibly harshly, the only thing that will dissuade Vladimir Putin from what he is doing is when coffins come back to the families in Russia.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Top News

That decision sets a troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

John McCain said. Last weekend, the Obama administration sent six Guantanamo Bay detainees to Uruguay for resettlement as refugees as part of Guantanamo Bay plan to depopulate the camp prior to its closure. Four of the former detainees -- Ahmed Adnan Ahjam, Ali Hussain Shaabaan, Omar Mahmoud Faraj, and Jihad Diyab -- are Syrian nationals, while Abdul Bin Mohammed Abis Ourgy is Tunisian, and Mohammed Tahanmatan is Palestinian, according to Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby. RELATED : GOP congressman : We' ought to rethink' Gitmo transfer policy I just don't think that is trustworthy, i am very concerned.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

If I went to the members of the committee today and said,' Look they are going to be moved to a maximum security prison in some location in the United States of America and we have a plan for that transfer, I think most of them would be perfectly happy about that.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

It's one of these things you just propose amendments to bills and encourage hearings and sooner or later the dam breaks, but I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

But I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Politics

We're about to vote on a totally unqualified individual to be ambassador to a nation which is very important to our national security interests, i am not against political appointees ... but here we are, a nation that's on the verge of seceded its sovereignty to a neo-fascist dictator getting in bed with Vladimir Putin and we're gonna send the producer of 'The Bold and the Beautiful' as our ambassador.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Top News

I am not against political appointees ... but here we are, a nation that's on the verge of seceded its sovereignty to a neo-fascist dictator getting in bed with Vladimir Putin and we're gonna send the producer of 'The Bold and the Beautiful' as our ambassador.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Top News

It's got to be done in a way that would be more effective than sending in a whole bunch of troops, not sending in the large numbers that we did in Iraq and Afghanistan.

– John McCain

Found on CNN 6 years ago Politics

They are fighting against people with lethal weapons. They need lethal weapons to fight back. It is disgraceful and shameful that we won’t give them lethal weapons.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters 6 years ago Top News

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