Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"though the Afghan security forces will be taking the lead in combat in Afghanistan, that doesn't necessarily mean that we can precipitously cut our troop presence."

"Can you conceive of any way we could convince the Pakistanis to take more aggressive action to close down those safe havens or to give us the opportunity to do so with them?"

"the political decisionmakers are going to be guided by what's happening on the battlefield."

"I think the reaction that I hear from the committee members is generally one of support, that we're doing well militarily, this is a situation that we've invested a lot of life and treasure into over ..."