as long as you have a well-informed electorate, you can keep a republic

But do they have the will to do that, or the means?

I believe that the American response, if needed again, would be far more indiscriminate than it has been to date.

Is anybody willing to secure the gains that we have gained, you know, with women in education and things like that--is anybody willing, outside of the United States of America, to keep those positive gains?

I appreciate what you are saying. And I hope as we back out that peace stays and that we do not see a resurgence of radical groups.

I appreciate you holding this hearing today and looking into a path forward for peace and stability.

Is that something that you all feel like Norway, the Norwegians can broker?

What is an acceptable level of conflict that we know is probably going to be there.

The peace deal signed between the representatives from the United States and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan known as the Taliban from here on out in this.

I believe that a nation can only fix itself.

I am going to suggest it is going to be very difficult for this body to continue to justify supporting 75 percent of the Afghan economy over a long period of time...