Jim Risch actually said...

"I hope your optimism plays out. But, you know, we wanted--we Americans love elections, and we had an election over there, and it didn't come out exactly the way we wanted it."

"To me, trying to say, 'Well, we don't want any corruption in the country' is kind of like telling the Mafia..."

"I'm really concerned about Afghanistan."

"I'd like to see an end game, but I don't know who's smart enough to develop an end game for us in that country."