"I think this is a critical issue. I hope you do."
"My fear is if they take a look back to our country and they can be people who can be extraordinary weapons against us."
"In the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), I am sure you will continue to tell them--we talk about how many troops will remain, but if we do not have a SOFA, it completely changes the whole discussion."
"It is obviously of a critical nature that you continue to give us your unvarnished opinion as you see, going forward, where there might be glitches, where there might be problems, what the actual numb..."
"We have seen a huge influx of heroin into my home State, into other States, much of it coming up across the border."
"I trust that one of your primary efforts over there will be to continue to tell whoever will be their leader how critical this is and that basically everything else, all the other efforts kind of line..."
"One of the distressing things that happened in Iraq is so many of the real generals who were trained by you and many others were replaced by folks who, through connections or friendship or whatever, w..."
"The numbers are alarming, and I think it is our number one focus with respect to preserving the force."
"In conclusion, I want to thank all of you again for stepping up to serve your country."
"I think you are going to see in this position that that is one of the things you will be spending an amazing amount of time on, trying to get that right."
"One part of the legislation is that we try to figure out what are the best practices of all of those, and that we hone in on those, as opposed to just running on 180 willy-nilly."