I secured an amendment that increased the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers by 275.
this is something that we will want to watch very carefully, because I think it has some pretty strong consequences if i...
So, we do have an ongoing effort to coordinate better the Mexican side with our side so that we can get some of those wa...
It's a big deal on our border. It must have been, in Arizona, as well.
Nobody wants it more than he does.
I think that, here again, there may be some parallels with Iraq.
All of our combat forces are to be out by the end of August 2010, and all forces out by the end of 2011.
I have felt, ever since I got this job, that we have been too focused on the central government in Kabul.
We want to communicate to the Afghans this is not an open-ended commitment on the part of the American people and our al...
the July 2011 date was chosen because it will be 2 years after the Marines arrived in Helmand.
How do we refine and narrow the mission to make it achievable, and achieve the objectives, in terms of our own security?
I think the other audience, frankly, is the American people, who are weary after 8 years of war, and to let them know th...
Our hope is that the President's speech last night, and his decisions, will help change the political dynamic among some...
we need to think in terms of a very long-term willingness to work with the Afghans.
We are not an occupation force. Afghans must take primary responsibility for defending their own country.
Let's not forget about contract monitors, logistical experts, and so on, to make sure that we're doing this right.
We will not repeat the mistake--and we must not repeat the mistake--of 1989 and turn our backs on these folks.
What is essential for our national security is that we have two long-term partners in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
