Joseph Lieberman actually said...

My understanding from initial conversations... is that the Afghan Government is favorably disposed to a bilateral security agreement.

I believe that the Chinese and other people in that part of the world need to recognize that we do have U.S. national interests there.

I do not like because it suggests we have not been in the Asia-Pacific and we are going to turn our back presumably on the Middle East where...

We cannot turn our back on either.