Trey Gowdy Quotes

Benghazi is not a scandal; Benghazi was a tragedy.

Personally, I think that Hillary was one of the worst, if not the worst, I mean if you look at the record, secretary of States ever, ever in this country. I think that's the bigger problem that she's got. I don't think Benghazi is as big a problem for her as her past and what's happened. The world blew up around her.

It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.

Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq.

From 2002 to the end of his presidency, George W. Bush routinely was accused by the Left of 'creating chaos:' chaos in Iraq, chaos in Afghanistan, chaos in the Muslim world, chaos among our allies.

I just wish we knew a little less about his urethra and a little more about his arms sales to Iran.

There is no issue of greater importance to the U.S. Senate than war and peace.

He had rather spend 100,000 pounds on Embassies to keep or procure peace with dishonor, than 100,000 pounds on an army that would have forced peace with honor.

With 450,000 U.S. troops now in Vietnam, it is time that Congress decided whether or not to declare a state of war exists with North Vietnam

No American president will ever pay a political price for choosing national security over world opinion.

I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias.

I did not have any private meetings nor do I recall any conversations with any Russian officials at the Mayflower Hotel.

The State Department has promised they will never have another temporary mission facility like the one in Benghazi that is so lightly protected. But at the same time, history tends to repeat itself here, and so it might not repeat itself in exactly the same way as Benghazi.

It's incumbent upon all members of Congress to support legislation that keeps us safe at home and abroad.

Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.

I know how to move between political camps. When everyone in the world hated (Libyan leader Moammar) Gadhafi, I paid him an official visit. It caused an uproar - Lula's visiting the devil!

President Obama told the Irish people that America will always stand by them, to which Israel laughed.

Of course, there were huge disagreements in the arguments of military intervention, .. There is no point at the moment on focusing on those disagreements.

What is it between Obama and Iran? That's the question we all ought to have. Because it sure seems to me like Obama's got some sort of affection for that nation.

This is the problem with foreign policy - talking about foreign policy in a political context. Politics is binary. People win and lose elections. Legislation passes or doesn't pass. And in foreign policy often what you're doing is nuance and you're trying to prevent something worse from happening. It doesn't translate well into a political environment.

I think I'd have a good relationship with Putin. Who knows? He's been a leader far more than Barack Obama has been a leader.