Richard Lugar actually said...

"Unfortunately, my answer to both questions is no."

"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."

"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..."

"In the case of the United States, there hasn't been an attack in 8 years."