Nobody wants to return to the black years of the Taliban.
I happen to believe that the conditions, which I set out last October for deploying more troops, still hold today.
I do not want to leave your committee, or anyone who's listening to this hearing, with the impression that any agreements have been reached;...
There's no military solution here.
As President Obama reiterated just a few weeks ago, our Core Goal in Afghanistan and Pakistan is clear: to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al...
We cannot afford to repeat the mistake which at least three people today lived through, personally.
The size and scope and end state of that departure will be determined by the situation on the ground.
I did not say I disagreed with the deadline. What I said was, this is what the deadline means.
We cannot succeed in Afghanistan without Pakistan's participation.
Senator Kerry himself was in Kabul, playing such an instrumental role in the resolution of that near disaster.
The goal here is to create a new program.
We share your concern, we share the concern of Chairwoman Lowey in the other body.
I cannot thank this committee enough--and I mean this sincerely--for what you did last year.
We're going to give it our best.
Every poll shows that less than 10 percent of the people support the Taliban.
Can the drill casing take it? Are there cracks on the seafloor?
the Haitian government hasn't done enough -- a good enough job of communicating with its people about what is being done and what they're at...
I think that BP should pay for it. I think that 'BP' should stand for 'bills paid'.
