Roland Burris: “Are they dealing with any inferior, broken-down equipment? Are we sure they are up to date with the latest weaponry…”

I do not have much longer in the Senate, but we ought to look at these private contractors.

Let us not abandon those men and women.

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…

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.