John McCain: “President Ghani has asked on different occasions to continue to have coalition forces.”

I am convinced the only successful path to preserving the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific--and the peace and prosperity it has generated--is to renew America's leadership in the region in full.

If John McCain were here, he'd be saying; Who can we fire? Why is this--this is a pure management problem, it seems to me.

I want to say to all of you that I am so honored to be here to speak before this Committee.

Six years is still too long.