Jim Risch actually said...

"My concern is that the Afghan army in much of the country is essentially a foreign army."

"Well, can an argument be made that, in fact, the campaign that the United States has mounted against al-Qaeda leadership... has contributed to this?"

"I met with the sheikh in Dubai, and numerous government officials there, and I can't tell you how impressed I was with, not only the commitment, but the sincerity of the people in the UAE to pursue go..."

"At the end of the day, it is Afghans who need to be the agents, with our help, but the agents of their own liberation."