Richard Lugar actually said...

The question before us is whether Afghanistan is important enough to justify the lives and massive resources that are being spent there.

In my view, a Taliban government in Afghanistan would be a serious, serious problem for the United States.

I am hopeful that these hearings will provide greater focus to the mission and strategy in Afghanistan in the context of broader United Stat...

hypothetically, what does political Afghanistan look like? Is a stable Afghanistan one in which we return to more localized government of so...