"I'm curious about your thoughts on the problems that governments in Europe have in either making available to their publics word about NATO, news about NATO, reasons for the importance of NATO, becaus..."
"At Thursday's hearing, the question was raised on the level of cooperation offered by the Afghani Government regarding U.S. broadcasting efforts."
"Reportedly, al-Qaeda no longer has a major presence in Afghanistan, although witnesses in our previous hearings have indicated that its reestablishment would be nearly inevitable if a Taliban governme..."
"In the case of the United States, there hasn't been an attack in 8 years."
"To what extent could we find the Pashtun, who stretch over Afghanistan and Pakistan and are at least at the heart of the matter, useful to our efforts?"
"We should not say that there is--we should say that we are going to be there for a while."
"Unfortunately, my answer to both questions is no."
"The report explains that violent extremists 'are planning to use terrorism--including the possible use of nuclear weapons or devices if they can acquire them--to attack the United States.'"
"As we debate policy in Afghanistan and the merits of our approach to stability in the region, we take this opportunity to explore the broader issues presented by the continuing terrorist threat emanat..."
"Part of the debate here in the Senate and elsewhere consists of people who say we ought to have something comparable to Iraq, a surge of American forces going after whoever."
"the United States and its allies should be more forceful and vocal about sources of finance for extremist groups."
"Thank you all for discussing it this morning."
"the justification for the so-called just war was to overthrow the Taliban, which was in effect made up of Pashtuns who were harboring al-Qaeda"
"the Russians were actually promoting the rights of women and secondary education during their occupation, albeit, as you say, in a rather brutal fashion"
"I believe it is possible to develop a strong consensus on the way forward."
"The U.S. Congress has taken an important step forward this week, as Senator Kerry has pointed out, by passing the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act."
"The threats to U.S. national security in the region are both real and profound, but they are also largely indirect."
"American foreign policy is never stronger than when it is bipartisan."
