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 ...

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 commitm...

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.