The need is for EPA to enforce that science, and certainly what we have heard from Ms. Jackson says she will.

To me, it is when we have reduced the threat and built that capacity locally to the point where they can be much more self-reliant in managing this problem.

I appreciate what the President was saying when he talked about focusing this strategy more directly toward countering insurgency and eliminating the presence of the Taliban.

How are we going to know when our national task is finished?

I would share that I think Senator Webb's comments about the difficulty of creating a fully functional government in Afghanistan are correct.

I would say perhaps a brief period more than 30 years ago, for about 30 years, you could say that there was some sort of a functioning national army in Afghanistan, not previous to that and not since.

When is the last time that Afghanistan had an actual functioning national army that could clearly be said to be in control of operations inside its own country?

I would also submit that there should be ways to try to measure the true incentive, not simply from the current top leadership in Pakistan.

So it largely will depend on the competence and the willpower of the local Afghanis?

I'm proud to have voted with so many of my colleagues for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which constitutes a bold stroke that will help revive our domestic economy.

But it will show up. And I'm confident it will create jobs and help our constituents stay in their homes.

Unlike like the fat cats on Wall Street, I'm here on planet earth. We have to face facts.

With Representative Wolf's support, World Vision was able to launch the Community Mobilization Initiative in Northern Virginia.

I think it is interesting that, you know, you all have pointed out that obviously Iraq and Afghanistan are two very different places.

Indeed, DOD's response to the Gansler Commission recommendations have been comprehensive, and it is beginning to have the desired effect.

We have learned some significant lessons in Iraq.

Congress has done something and we were kicking and screaming, but we did it, and it turned out to be the right thing.

What I have believed for some time is that--and this case I think reflects this--as we move toward getting better data...