Roland Burris: “I hope that if you are confirmed, you probably could do that.”

We have to stop putting everything out in the--I am sorry.

In July 2011 we believe--I am comfortable it is his intent we start to reduce the overall number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Although we do not always agree, as the debate on this floor will often show, I am always struck by the passion that drives each and every Senator to stand in this singular place in the world and to speak their mind. It is this passion…

But how do you reconcile that with, we will begin to assess it?