Jim Risch actually said...

"It seems to me it would be very, very naive for us to believe that if we just walked away from this, the UAE would abandon their efforts to do this."

"I think certainly we should continue to negotiate and work in good faith with them, to help them accomplish what they want to, because what they want appears to be in the best interest of the United S..."

"Corruption is going to exist as long as they depend on drugs."

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