John McCain

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.

We need to bolster the quality and size, not only of the troop presence and for that matter the civilian presence in Afghanistan.

I think this is the only way that we can unite the effort successfully.

This issue, the situation in Afghanistan, will be with us for a long time. It's going to be long, it's going to be hard...

We cannot simply subordinate our Pakistan strategy to our Afghanistan policy.

The insecurity in Afghanistan is the world's problem and the world should share its costs.

I believe that we need in Afghanistan a counterinsurgency strategy focused on providing security for the population...

If we change our policies, the situation on the ground too will change.

The problem in Afghanistan today is that we have tried to win this war without enough troops, without sufficient economic aid, without effective coordination, and without a regional strategy.

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.

We face a similar moment now with respect to the war in Afghanistan.

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.

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 have cost taxpayers an enormous amount of money. We have to make some tough decisions. You, Mr…

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, but how we procure it.

We are committing generational theft. We are laying a huge deficit on future generations of America.

We are committing generational theft. We are laying a huge deficit on future generations of America.

The U.S. Government reaffirmed its support of an agreement with the Government of Japan concerning the implementation of the relocation of 8,000 marines and their families from Okinawa to Guam by 2014 in a manner that maintains unit…

We need to address the housing crisis. That's what began this meltdown. And, so far, the administration has not done so effectively.

We are committing generational theft. We are laying a huge deficit on future generations of America.

It's a bad beginning, because what we promised the American people, what President Obama promised the American people, that we would sit down together.

What we promised the American people -- what President Obama promised the American people, we would sit down together.

Republicans are now saying Obama is presiding over the era of big bailouts.

He promised to work with the president and he said he will continue to do that but he doesn't like this plan. He says it's not true bipartisan ship.

Mr. President, if this legislation is passed, it will be a very bad day for America.