Colonel Qaddafi must go now, without further violence and bloodshed.

The stakes are high.

Now would be absolutely the wrong time to pull back.

the 16-percent cut for State and USAID that passed the House last month would be devastating to our national security.

We have joined the Libyan people in demanding that Qaddafi must go--now, without further violence or delay.

These missions are vital to our national security, and now would be the wrong time to pull back.

We saved money in the short term when we walked away from Afghanistan after the cold war. But those savings came at an unspeakable cost--one we are still paying, 10 years later, in money and lives.

I was shocked and outraged by the assassination, reportedly by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists, of Pakistan's Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti.

It's just stunning. People think it's a huge amount, and they're shocked when they hear that it's just over 1 percent.

We are in an information war. And we are losing that war.

I think starting the transition in July 2011 put the Afghans on notice.

I agree with that, Senator, and we have said, and it was adopted by our NATO ISAF allies at Lisbon, that the withdrawing of combat troops under this mission will be completed in 2014.

I clearly agree that the United States must be strong at home in order to maintain our strength abroad.

Yet we're watching Colombia sign free trade deals with Canada, with the European Union.

I think that our assessment now is that we have to get to a level of stability.

It is important that we continue planning so that we'd be ready if there is an opportunity to work with this new government.

I hope there is an appetite for a bipartisan agreement that will deal with our debt without undermining our strength.

The countries in our hemisphere are our biggest trading partners, our biggest energy suppliers.