Richard Lugar actually said...

"Reportedly, al-Qaeda no longer has a major presence in Afghanistan, although witnesses in our previous hearings have indicated that its reestablishment would be nearly inevitable if a Taliban governme..."

"Part of the debate here in the Senate and elsewhere consists of people who say we ought to have something comparable to Iraq, a surge of American forces going after whoever."

"To what extent could we find the Pashtun, who stretch over Afghanistan and Pakistan and are at least at the heart of the matter, useful to our efforts?"

"The report explains that violent extremists 'are planning to use terrorism--including the possible use of nuclear weapons or devices if they can acquire them--to attack the United States.'"