I think this is the only way that we can unite the effort successfully.
We need to combine our top-down approach in Afghanistan of building up the Afghan army and the Afghan Government with a bottom-up approach.
17,000 additional forces are at best two-thirds of what his requirement would be.
It alienates both Afghan and Pakistani populations?
Certainly an increase in corruption.
Dictated by the realities on the battlefield?
We must win the war in Afghanistan because the alternative is to risk that country's reversion to its previous role as a terrorist sanctuary...
More than 3 years ago, some of us called for a major change in our strategy in Iraq.
Nearly every indicator in Afghanistan now is headed in the wrong direction.
I will expect full disclosure when those problems arise.
I must remind everyone that those are State school, not Ivy League prices.
It is a shame that despite our best bipartisan efforts to provide a simple-yet-generous benefit, H.R. 5684 did not make it to the floor.
I vow to take seriously the responsibility of turning the promise that this new GI Bill offers into a fully functioning reality for America'...
Through the work of this Subcommittee, I believe that we have kept that promise alive.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the original GI Bill, he stated forcefully that 'it [gave] emphatic notice to the men and women in our arm...
I know as Governor you made securing our border one of our top priorities, providing additional funding and even the help of the National Gu...
Your helicopter is now going to cost as much as Air Force One. I don't think that there's any more graphic demonstration of how good ideas h...
We have to make some tough decisions, or you, Mr. President, are going to have to make some tough decisions about not only what we procure, ...
