the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2011 requires the President to provide an economic strategy for Afghanistan

The reconciliation process has to be a process that is owned by the Afghans because they are the ones who have to reconcile.

My opinion is--and I have heard this from the military leadership in our country and the civilian leadership--that the way home is through a political process and political solution, ultimately.

We have vulnerabilities. We have significant new capacities, and these capacities have taken on real importance for our warfighters and our security.

I'm also very pleased to hear that you and Secretary Salazar are working together to make sure that we can deploy renewable energy on our public lands in an appropriate way.

I rise to urge my colleagues to support legislation I am introducing today to name the Veterans Telehealth Clinic in Craig, Colorado, after Medal of Honor recipient Major William E. Adams. I am pleased that Senator Bennet will join with me…

You reached out to a population that had been previously pretty hostile and worked with them to then turn their focus to al Qaeda.

Thank you for your service and willingness to take on even additional responsibility.

I just want to underline my support for working with the Guard, particularly those Guard leaders.

A broke country is a weak country. Conversely, a solvent country can be a strong country.

I don't see it as a burden. I see it as a real opportunity.

I do worry about and you know all too well about the safe havens and the sanctuary they provide for the Taliban.

I think we ought to communicate, collaborate, and compete with China.

The Senate, right now, seems to be the one institution here in Washington that's really working on a long-term deficit and debt-reduction plan.

I think we can only win in Afghanistan if we can win in Pakistan by reducing those safe havens.

That's exciting news, and count on me to be an advocate for what you're doing.

I look forward to working with you.

I look forward to working with you, particularly on this initiative because this is the key element to bringing our forces home and successfully concluding our operations in Afghanistan.

I have just introduced a bill along with Congressman Giffords, I should say reintroduced a bill that we had put in the hopper in the last Congress, that would provide more direction to DOD.

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