"I have real and growing concerns about the approach to the war powers issue, and in particular about the precedent that may be set here."
"I supported and applauded the passage of U.N. Resolution 1973 to protect Libyan civilians, and was encouraged by the strong international consensus surrounding this issue."
"In the face of the atrocities committed by Qadhafi earlier this year, the United States I believe did have an obligation to protect the Libyan people from the very real threat of massacre."
"If I might, I think that particular provision within the act...may seem to have wisely reflected the inclination toward inaction rather than action."
"I am really concerned about the points that have been raised by other members here about the very destabilizing impact on Pakistan of our role in Afghanistan and the lack of the resources to really ma..."
"One of the principal reasons is in order to have the resources, the diplomatic and the military and the development resources, the focus, the capacity for lots of other important threats, to deal with..."
"I think for a variety of reasons we have heard discussed at great detail here today, a counterinsurgency strategy is just not sustainable and is not likely, no matter how many years we pursue it, to s..."
"I can see that my time has expired, and not wanting to go over my time, I will simply say how grateful I am for the testimony of the panel and the opportunity to follow up on some of the proposals in ..."
"I understand the value of immunity in terms of speeding up cooperation. I just wanted to flag my concern about how this balance is struck going forward."
"And I would just be interested in whether similar protections are currently given to entities that share information with the existing information-sharing and analysis centers."
"Thank you."