I think your point in your testimony about the need to provide a long-term commitment to Afghanistan that people can count on, so they don't feel like we're going to be leaving at the end of each year, is very important.

They want their kids to go to school. Taliban don't believe in that.

Do the people of Afghanistan distinguish between the Taliban and ISIS?

I am hoping that we might get that passed in the Senate this year.

I think that the communication lines need to be bolstered.

And it is huge right now. It is unbelievable.

But I think one of the biggest things we could be concerned about--I mean, obviously, that is a huge amount of money, $136 billion.

We were incredibly foolish, the Senate Democrats, that we did not want to do the basics for our country.

If we just focused on this issue, we could save billions of taxpayer dollars.

In fiscal year 2015, agencies reported improper payment estimates totaling $136.7 billion.

I have suggested this before--this always gets me in trouble.

So we need to clarify that.

I think it would be helpful if there was some alignment there, just because they have done a lot of good work.

this dual process is not doing a service to the American people in terms of oversight.

It is always going to require savvy diplomacy on the part of the United States.

I do not disagree with that. What I am interested in is, What can we do?

We need to do more to support EU during these challenging times, and to be very clear about how we stand with respect to Russia, and not send any mixed signals.

I think we have failed to address the rules that allow one person to hold up nominees indefinitely.