I think that there is an opportunity to negotiate with the Russians post New START treaty the kinds of exchanges of tele...
I hope you will push that envelope a little bit, at least to explore it.
I appreciate that, and I stress it again because as you know, anytime anything happens there are immediate investigation...
It would be hard to explain to people why we did not stop it.
I hope you will make that a priority.
the risk of allowing someone on the watchlist to board a plane without being subjected to at least a secondary physical ...
Just that what this tragedy has led to is one more example, fortunately rare, where policymakers and private individuals...
Mr. Chairman, if I might, just to follow up in terms of messages we might send to the Taliban.
It's not a deadline for withdrawal. It's not a deadline by which we're going to pick up and go out. It's a goal.
I fear there's a gap between the tone and the message that you gave us yesterday and what we are reading in the media ab...
vital national interest
For one who taught international relations for a period, that is a code word. That is a sign of commitment.
This is a president who is acting as a commander in chief.
The outcome of the war in Afghanistan was of vital national security interest to the United States.
There has been some discussion about different ways in which as we head toward July 2011 we can reassure both the Afghan...
You now have my full support for the conduct of these operations and the support of the people in this area.
we have to, when we start talking about this, acknowledge that there have been thousands of wells dug, and the safety re...
this is now the worst catastrophe of its kind that we have ever faced.
