Richard Lugar actually said...

this is very, very much a foreign policy issue, and the President's budget is, I believe, destabilizing to the global financial system.

Lugar emphasizes the foreign policy implications of the President's budget.

03/24/2009

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I am hopeful that these hearings will bring greater focus to the mission and strategy in Afghanistan.

These hearings are especially timely, as you pointed out, given the killing of Osama bin Laden.

President Obama must be forthcoming on a definition of success in Afghanistan based on United States vital interests.

There is no military victory to be had in Afghanistan.