I think it's important for us to maybe take a step back and look at other countries that the United States made investments in over long per...
I think that the way this has been laid out, along with our allies, is the right way to proceed.
I totally share your view that the Afghan women I've met and worked with are just among some of the most courageous people in the world.
I think it's been in America's strategic interests and in America's values to have stood the test of time here.
[w]e have not introduced our armed forces into hostilities. No American is being shot at.
By 2014, this process of transition will be complete, and the Afghan people will be responsible for their security.
The killing of Osama bin Laden was a great victory, but our mission in Afghanistan is to ensure that it can never again become a staging are...
We have exceeded expectations on the core goal of defeating al-Qaeda--killing more than half of its top 30 leaders, including Osama Bin Lade...
No number of troops will resolve the challenge of Afghanistan. Every military leader has said there is no military solution.
The ability to reap the surge dividend and to bring home 33,000 troops over the next months is I think--and I think people will agree with m...
I think it was a very good speech -- brought into focus his overall philosophy. And you have to say he promised as a candidate and early on ...
Well, he has. He has chosen I think what was aptly called earlier tonight a Goldilocks strategy. And that is, there's some people who want t...
if I had my way, I'd pass you right now all by myself.
Believe me, you will.
Its importance to regional strategic issues, particularly to the peace process with Israel and Palestine, can't be overstated.
How Egypt manages its transition from dictatorship to democracy, and how it restructures its economy, will affect not only the country's 80 ...
I'm kind of tired of hearing about the odorous tax rates that corporations are paying in America, when in fact they don't pay those rates.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
