Richard Holbrooke: “This legislation's authorization of $1.5 billion in foreign assistance to Pakistan, every year for 5 fiscal years…”

Why are we in Afghanistan? The short, simple answer is: 9/11, direct threats to our national security interests.

If somebody wants to be reintegrated or reconciled, they have to accept the constitution and they have to renounce violence.

Afghanistan cannot go forward unless the international community, led by its greatest nation, the United States, continues to fulfill its commitments in the area, beyond combat troops.

You've got to end this war in Afghanistan.