Richard Holbrooke: “The Kerry-Lugar legislation's emphasis on economic and governance challenges reinforces a key aspect to the President's…”

What happened in 1989, when the Soviets left and the world, led by the United States, just turned its back on Afghanistan... is a lesson of history we cannot afford to repeat.

This legislation's authorization of $1.5 billion in foreign assistance to Pakistan, every year for 5 fiscal years, underscores our long-term commitment to Pakistan and its people.

the strategic review contains a clear and unambiguous message. Afghanistan and Pakistan are integrally related. You cannot deal with Afghanistan if the situation in Pakistan is what it is today.

Haiti's vulnerability to natural disaster is not just a matter of weak building codes and poor infrastructure, but, more fundamentally, the result of having an exceptionally weak state.