07/17/2017
https://www.congress.gov...
"wouldn't quickly cutting U.S. troop levels below 68,000 make it harder to clear and hold insurgent havens?"
"In your opinion, is al Qaeda a significant military threat in Iraq?"
"They fill in a vacuum that exists in the private sector. They fill a vital need."
"Now is the time to set politics aside for the sake of the one issue that we can all agree on is nonnegotiable to the future health and success of our Nation--our national defense."