Richard Lugar actually said...

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

"we walked away from Afghanistan in 1989 with disastrous consequences and we cannot afford to do so again"

"this committee has discussed, as you have in your opening statement, the possibility of passing to the Afghans control over military and police functions"

"The question the President must answer is whether we can achieve the most important national security goals in Afghanistan--especially preventing the Taliban from taking over the government and preven..."