I think the diplomacy is the big thing we need to do, and I also think we need to prepare.

The sanctions, you know, I know they were well intended, but they don't seem to have worked, so what else can we do?

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague, my friend, Congressman Perry, from the great State of Pennsylvania, for organizing this Special Order to talk about the importance of the National Guard to our great Nation. The Third…

If we become trading partners with a country like Sudan, instead of forcing Western ideals on a country that does not want those...

So instead of going through the U.N. and letting that money go through there why don't we use American companies and invest in infrastructure and things that we can trade and start from the ground floor up instead of filtering it through…

I think we need to focus on aid--or trade, not aid. I think China is ahead of us in here.

I thank my good friend from South Carolina (Mr. Rice), for bringing this resolution forward and for his leadership. This is a very important issue not only today, but as Mr. Woodall pointed out here, also for the future of our Nation--a…

I want to build on some of the statements made by my colleague from Hawaii and Mr. Duncan in the regards of the money being spent.

They are in the lead. They are taking the majority of casualties, and I venture to say close to 90 percent of the operations the military is conducting are Afghan-led, Afghan-directed, Afghan-planned.

What are we hoping for? That they will have a stable government, one that is not wrought with fraud, waste, and abuse?

Our goal... is a secure, stable, and democratic Afghanistan that governs this population justly and secures its geographic space.