We appreciate the opportunity to testify today.
Our troops have done everything that was asked of them and more. But the truth is that their mission in Afghanistan is far past due and we s...
I am as deeply opposed to expanding the 2001 AUMF as I was against authorizing the original one on September 14th, 2001.
Now is the right time really to repeal this overly broad 2001 AUMF.
I urge the committee to consider creating financial consequences for the Pentagon unless the Defense Department subjects itself to an audit.
I am deeply concerned to hear about a possible expansion of the 2001 authorization to use force.
I am concerned that this bill may not contain language prohibiting permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
It should come as no surprise that I share the belief of many in the Congress that there is no military solution in Afghanistan.
I assume you will be a strong advocate for the United Kingdom in spite of the fact that we have a special relationship with them in maintain...
I believe it is crucial that strong IP protections be included to ensure developed countries shoulder their share of this global burden.
I do not know what we will do at our next visits to see people in great distress who have been displaced without the American support that h...
It would be seen by the Iranians as potentially a move away from the track that we are on, negotiations and diplomacy.
I found our conversation yesterday about the negotiations with Iran to be the best that I have had on the topic.
I was just on the Arabian Peninsula, and what Senator McCain has just mentioned about Saudi Arabia is more than true.
I think you put the odds of a comprehensive deal at about 50/50 because we do not know the direction that this is going to head.
I am concerned that there is a possibility... that Congress may, in fact, in the name of weighing in, potentially try to pass something that...
An extraordinary amount of attention is paid to what happens in the Congress.
It is a place where change happens very, very slowly, if at all.
