Thank you, Madam Chairman.
The Obama administration's policy review includes reference to the growing North Korea-Burma relationship.
The United States has a responsibility to our friends and allies throughout Asia to oppose actively the possible proliferation of weapons of...
This is a subject of special importance to me. My mom is interred at one of our national cemeteries.
There is now an emerging recognition that there is no purely military resolution to the situation in Afghanistan, and that governance and de...
The President identified the war in Afghanistan as his administration's highest combat priority.
So, that's the basis for our security, then, to give a framework for Afghan people to progress.
Senator Lugar raised the possibility that as many as one-third of President Karzai's votes might be invalid.
I think there are other questions in Pakistan--again, about our staying power--that still cause some hedging of bets there.
the major reason why we ought to have stability in Afghanistan is to help perpetuate stability in Pakistan
Only he can lay the foundation that will gain the confidence of Congress and our soldiers, development experts, diplomats, and partners.
Despite the long-evident need for a coherent and efficient civilian coordination capacity to assist our troops in crisis response, we still ...
most Americans believe the United States entered into conflict in Afghanistan because of the presence of al-Qaeda training camps there that ...
Each crisis required the deployment of technically proficient civilians familiar with unstable situations.
We need to have quite a pragmatic and moderate path toward that future.
Any withdrawal or retreat on our part from the conduct of counterinsurgency and counterterrorism would put that progress at risk, in my opin...
Preventing the return of the Taliban to control of Afghanistan, maintaining stability in Pakistan, and keeping up the pressure against al-Qa...
the purpose of war is to build a better peace, but America built nothing in Afghanistan after the Soviet withdrawal.
