Richard Lugar actually said...

"Thank you very much, sir."

"it is a lot cheaper to maintain a certain number of Afghan forces than it is to maintain the number of United States and coalition forces required to compensate for their absence."

"there is, essentially, a benefits package to work out how to, in fact, recruit and to retain more Afghans for those security forces."

"I appreciate the innovation and dedication that our witnesses have displayed in the past, and their willingness to take on extremely difficult missions."