Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"I think Marjah is an opening salvo. It is a first step. It is designed to begin to create that shift in momentum."

"I appreciate that, and I appreciate your answer. I think we've learned as we've gone to Pakistan a lot and talked to our people there, that this is a mixed picture with the ISI, and that's saying some..."

"We have to both maintain the peacefulness of the relationship, but a clarity and an honesty in our relations with the Chinese."

"Many of us here have been concerned that the Russians might try to bring into the treaty some limitations on our freedom of action with regard to defensive systems."