Jim Risch actually said...

"I will take that for the record."

"I appreciate that. I will have to say you are going to be challenged, I think, inasmuch as the size and the complexity of this operation confronts you."

"The Kurds seem to be doing very well on their own. The construction that is going on there far outstrips what is being done in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq."

"I do not think anyone can question your knowledge and understanding of what has happened in Iraq."