Richard Lugar actually said...

The administration's ambiguity on our goals must be eliminated in order to more effectively address our national security interests.

This opportunity should be used to do more than just withdraw an arbitrary number of troops based on political expediency.

I made notes that you suggested the Taliban will persist in Afghanistan in one form or another.

We need to work with the Afghan Government in order to make sure that those who wish to lay down their arms can in fact do so.