John McCain actually said...

The surge force allowed us to reverse Taliban momentum, and to that end we have been largely successful.

McCain highlights the success of the surge in Afghanistan against the Taliban.

02/14/2011

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The current Okinawa-Guam realignment plan is unworkable, unrealistic, and unaffordable.

Congress will not pay that bill.

It is essential that the U.S. military maintain its active and stabilizing presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

This is the right mission, though talk of it as a pivot is misguided.