I appreciate the innovation and dedication that our witnesses have displayed in the past, and their willingness to take ...
We need to make clear to the people of Pakistan that we will be full partners in their fight against extremist elements.
it is a lot cheaper to maintain a certain number of Afghan forces than it is to maintain the number of United States and...
I think that it's critical that we do both as we work in the coming months and years.
there is, essentially, a benefits package to work out how to, in fact, recruit and to retain more Afghans for those secu...
Thank you very much, sir.
Our troops are defending the right of Afghanistan to develop its own government.
There will come an inevitable moment in this fight where our partners in Pakistan must take up the fight with an equal v...
I do not support the decision to prolong and expand a risky and unsustainable strategy in the region.
Our roadmap must have a destination, a path toward a day when the Afghan Government will be able to take basic responsib...
Congress and the American people now must evaluate whether this course has a reasonable chance to succeed...
The Senate voted unanimously to go to war in Afghanistan. It should humble all of us that today there are simply no easy...
The President is correct to set a target. It will help create a sense of urgency and for the Afghans who chafe at foreig...
I realize civilians will stay after that point in time.
I think it's still pretty unclear to me what we're doing.
the underresourcing of our engagement in Afghanistan over the last 4 or 5 years has brought us to where we are today.
We believe that a strong, stable, democratic Pakistan must be a key partner for the United States, an ally against viole...
Do you at least acknowledge that investing over $100 billion in just one country, in 1 year alone, risks degrading our l...
