I hope Ambassador Wells, the acting head of both offices, will share her thoughts whether this will increase operational efficiencies.

Afghanistan and Pakistan continue to make up one of the United States' most complex foreign policy and security challenge.

What are we doing to change our tactics to get a better response for the money that the American taxpayers are spending?

I am also greatly concerned with what I see as a dangerous and tragic retreat when it comes to our counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan.

While he is no support of unending wars in the Middle East and South Asia, President Trump observed in his speech that the consequence of a rapid exit and both predictable and unacceptable.

I thank Mr. Biggs for putting this very important hearing together. I am going to cut mine a little bit shorter. After the previous election, a lot of people were angry. They came to our office demanding special investigations into the…

In announcing our new national strategy for the conflict, the President laid out an important truth that should have guided our policies all along, that despite the enormous cost, we can't leave without resolution.

We have seen some promising signs that this administration will no longer put up with Pakistan's friendliness toward terror groups.

I, too, want to thank the ranking member, Mr. Engel; Mr. Royce, the chairman of the committee; Doug Anderson; and, of course, Hunter Strupp. I chair the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee of the Foreign Affairs Committee. It has been a…

If it is being broadcast here with the astuteness of the North Koreans being able to hack in, we can probably assume that if Kim Jong-un and his people wanted to watch they are watching us right now.

I appreciate the leadership of Mr. Zeldin and I appreciate him using that word ``learned.'' It feels good. You know, this is an interesting thing, because I was there during the time that John Kerry and the President were negotiating this…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 586. Peronal Explanation