I would just add, finally, that our confidence in President Karzai ebbs and flows, but, unless we're really prepared to ...
Failure in Afghanistan will lead to years of dangerous instability in Central and South Asia and increased threats to th...
There is no military victory to be had in Afghanistan.
Although threats to United States national security do emanate from within Afghanistan's borders, these may not be the m...
A definition of success must be accompanied by a plan for focusing resources on specific goals.
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Administrator Shah, the administration has requested $1.1 billion for the Feed the Future Program, and an additional $30...
I will continue to strongly advocate for not only adequate funding for these programs, but also the broader structural a...
Mr. Yohannes, looking at the MCC's calculations for the amount of benefits each compact provides, it appears Congress is...
Congress has approved a significant new sum of $150 million, for the State Department and USAID to expend in the post-Mu...
Countries that descend into chaos and anarchy are breeding grounds for extremism.
If liberals in the Senate would rather play political games and shut down the government, instead of making a small down...
If liberals would rather play political games and shut down the government instead of making a small down payment on fis...
Let me just leap ahead for a moment to the fact that we are, apparently, implementing a humanitarian response.
The President must establish U.S. goals and strategies with much greater clarity.
The President and members of his team have stated that the removal of Qadhafi is a diplomatic goal of the United States,...
The last 10 years have illuminated clearly that initiating wars and killing the enemy is far easier than achieving polit...
I would say that not all of these conditions were satisfied in the Libyan case.