Karl Eikenberry: “Your success is our success.”

We have an obligation to one day either kill or capture Bin Laden for the purpose of justice to the American people and indeed to the entire world for the misery that this man has inflicted.

The United States is committed to supporting the Afghans in pursuit of elections that are fair and free of intimidation.

If I am confirmed, I will assume this great responsibility conscious that success in both Afghanistan and in Pakistan is in America's vital national security interest.

Our strategic objective inside of Afghanistan and Pakistan is to disrupt and eventually defeat the international terrorist networks that still threaten our homeland.