Barbara Boxer actually said...

So, I would ask you, Why did the situation get worse in Afghanistan after we sent 21,000 more troops?

The President said when he announced his Afghanistan strategy, that he needed those 21,000 troops--now, this is just months ago--to, 'take t...

I voted, with reluctance, because I believed more troops would help our situation. We added the troops. The violence got worse.

In 2001, every Senator voted to go against those who attacked us using Afghanistan as the base.