Tom Carper actually said...

"the United States is going to have to play a very large role in assisting the Pakistanis with counterinsurgency training, with equipment, more helicopters."

"the most immediate threat to Pakistan right now was internal."

"I am going to ask you to try and be brief; we are going to start voting in about 5 minutes."

"I think the key is not simply in making this a linear equation between opening up the dialogue between India and Pakistan and getting Pakistan to focus on militancy."