Michael Waltz actually said...

"We have released now the Taliban's Deputy Minister of Defense, a senior operative in their intelligence service that was responsible for migrating al-Qaeda intelligence tactics over the Taliban."

"Fairly low, Congressman. And in terms of your second question, I would point the President to the heroes at the end of this table."

"In any negotiation both sides should walk away unhappy. That means it's about right."

"Just very quickly, Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban, considered it a victory and stated so as soon as he received his five top commanders back."