We can't allow Mexico to become a failed state.
There is absolutely no reason why our agents, no matter who they are, where they are at, should not be properly equipped and properly protec...
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I really like the idea of this pilot project that you mentioned, Dr. Ainslie and Professor Bailey.
I think that the future of Egypt is absolutely critical to our interests in the region.
I acknowledge that I am preoccupied with avoiding mission creep and avoiding having an open-ended, very large-scale American commitment.
Frankly, I need help from Congress. DOD needs help from Congress.
Yes, sir. As several have said--Secretary Clinton and, I think, the President--we would welcome congressional support.
I just don't understand how it would be possible for these tribes to want to cede any of that authority to some outside crowd like al Qaeda.
I think it would be an ongoing danger.
The principal agenda was getting rid of the government they have.
It continues to be in our national interest to prevent Qadhafi from visiting further depredations on his own people, destabilizing his neigh...
Going forward, the U.S. military will provide the capabilities that others cannot provide, either in kind or in scale.
I think he has demonstrated, in the past few weeks, that he would take advantage of such a cease-fire, simply to round up more civilians.
In my view, the removal of Colonel Qadhafi will likely be achieved over time through political and economic measures and by his own people.
It is in our own security interest. It is in our own self interest.
The protection of the United States from the threat of ballistic missile attack is a critical national security priority.
It is incomprehensible that it has taken so long.
