The danger of doing that seems to me to only complicate the problem to some degree.
Throughout much of the country, the strength of the Afghan central government is tenuous at best, and the Taliban and al Qaeda continue to o...
It has been nearly 8 years since the U.S. began military operations in Afghanistan. It should come as no surprise to anyone that, while coal...
Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing today. General Eikenberry, congratulations on your nomination, and thank you for ...
What we need is a comprehensive strategy that will enable us to quickly withdraw American forces in the most responsible way possible.
The purpose of the surge was to provide breathing space for Iraqis to engage in political reconciliation.
We need to more vigorously and dynamically engage with the Iraqi Government to help them build the capacity and the skills to deliver for th...
the return to sectarian violence is the great fear, here, and if you end up short-changing the funding, the very organizations that have bee...
I would hope that the administration's Iraq strategy would put the Iraqi people front and center.
The obvious question that others have raised is, at some point we're going to have to stop funding these Awakening Councils, and the danger,...
We are going to again explore ways in which we will try to modernize and improve bank regulation and supervision.