I came away believing we have a window of opportunity to arrest deteriorating security conditions in both countries.

The possibility that Islamic radicals could destabilize and undermine the Pakistani state has become, frankly, all too real.

I believe the President's combined civil-military strategies are our best hope to turn the tide in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

this was maybe a unique opportunity--hopefully not the only opportunity--for some kind of rapprochement between Pakistan and India

I think it was Einstein who said in adversity lies opportunity.

To the extent that the Pakistani military has driven out the bad guys and gotten them on the run--we have a lot of people displaced.

We cannot allow extremists to destabilize this nuclear armed state that has the world's second largest Muslim population.

There is no better demonstration of this than the recently passed Kerry-Lugar bill.

We are essentially competing with Islamist groups for the loyalty of these people, and we are losing.

I think really a key to this is the legislation that we have discussed, the commitment of not just $1.5 billion per year, but over a 5-year period of assistance.

There is a great opportunity for us to help relocate from the Swat Valley and other places where people have been displaced.