Pundits talk about populist rage, as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class, but they have it wrong. Famil...
The president ought to go back to where his original position and have her go there and testify or just meet with the staff.
There is a hypocrisy here because the Democrats were pushing Harriet Myers... and they said there's no privilege. They have to come testify....
Yes, it's a double standard.
Not really.
The president ought to go back to where -- his original position, and have her go there and testify or just meet with the staff.
A strong, stable, democratic Pakistan must be a key partner for the United States, and an ally in the fight against violent extremism.
The duration of our military presence will be limited, but our civilian commitment must continue even as our troops begin coming home.
The essence of our civil-military plan is to 'clear, hold, build, and transfer.'
July 2011, the time at which the President said the United States will begin to drawdown our forces, will be the beginning of a process.
The cost to our country--in blood and treasure--has been high in Afghanistan, and the gain insufficient.
Do we have a reliable partner in the Karzai government?
A strategy for success must include narrowly defined, achievable goals like protecting key population centers.
This is a decision that the President of the United States has made, but ultimately all of us share responsibility for its consequences.
What happens in Pakistan, particularly near the Afghan border, will, in my judgment, do more to determine the outcome in Afghanistan than an...
Our effort must come to an end someday, and someday soon, because, as President Obama says, our goal was never to occupy Afghanistan.
Thank you very much for joining us. And we appreciate your coming to share more details about the President's plan.
The President was correct to define success in terms of our ability to empower and transfer responsibility to Afghans as rapidly as possible...
