The President was right to frame our commitment to Afghanistan in the context of all of our national priorities.
Whether you agree with what we are doing or not, there should be no doubting, at home or abroad, this President's commitment to the success ...
Frankly, 8 years later, that's simply not good enough. We have largely expelled al-Qaeda from Afghanistan.
What the president said was, 'No, I'm not going to do that. It's too open ended. The country won't pay a -- spend a trillion dollars in Afgh...
And what the president said was, no, I'm not going to do that. It's too open-ended.
I think it's relatively clear he has not achieved the unity in the country that he is seeking that he spoke of last night. People are still,...
It's nation-building-lite.
It's not pleasing anybody. It's got a very small number of people in the middle, but I do think it's -- I don't think it's appropriate to ca...
The public won't sustain, won't support an open-ended war and this worked out to be a logical time to begin the drawdown.
But very importantly for him and it has emerged now on Capitol Hill, that it looks like the Congress will support him, a majority will suppo...
If you really want to rally people, one way or another you either get in or you get out.
The tea party people want to bring down some establishment-type Republicans in -- running for the Senate in places like Florida, and Califor...
I think this has become so politicized, Tom.
Well, one of the greatest things the Republicans have going for them is this disaffection toward the Democrats.
I don't see either party really willing to do that.
I think the Republicans have the potential, Tom, to have a very big year this coming fall, especially if unemployment remains high.
the president may be in something of a no-win situation here. No matter what he does, he's going to make somebody unhappy, isn't he?
This hearing will come to order. Good morning. I'm Elizabeth Warren. I'm the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel.
