Dick Lugar

What is your judgment as to why there has not been more effort on the part of Pakistan, or India, to forge ties that would lead to peace between the two countries?

I am hopeful that the joint statement that we reached yesterday will help provide a roadmap.

The Obama administration should make clear to Pakistan's military that going after some terrorists while coddling others will not be tolerated.

Well, in the same way that we've taken other diplomatic tacts in the past, this seems to me to be one that would help reset the relationship and be very, very important.

After we began talking about this package lasting for 5 years, both the Pakistani press and the Pakistani leadership applauded this move because it represented the sort of sustained, long-term commitment that Pakistan has been seeking from…

However, should this situation change, the opportunity to continue providing assistance to Pakistan under Kerry-Lugar-Berman remains.

Both Senators Harkin and Lugar publicly expressed their concern about the risk of bioterrorism following the death of Bin Laden.

Pakistan has sacrificed enormously in the fight against violent extremism; over 35,000 of its citizens have died.

An independent, credible investigation into who in Pakistan helped support bin Laden would be a good place to start.

Going forward, Pakistan must do much more than it has to root out terrorists in Pakistan.

The committee sought a witness from the Defense Department to join Secretary Steinberg at this hearing. The administration chose not to provide such a witness.

The President did not seek authorization from Congress to use military force in Libya prior to the beginning of our military's involvement there.

Well, this is a debate we may have. I just raise the question of authorities not just with regard to Libya, but generally as to our ability to, in a civil war, begin to allocate resources of one party or another in a situation where we…

I rise to introduce legislation that will lead to the establishment of the Haitian-American Enterprise Fund. The Haitian-American Enterprise Fund bill authorizes the Administration to allocate, from existing resources, such sums as…

The broad scope of our activities suggests that we are trying to remake the economic, political, and security culture of Afghanistan.

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

If we decide that we are unwilling to make that commitment, that we are unwilling to make that investment in the long-term post-conflict stability of the country, we will, I think, with high probability, get an opportunity to run the…

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

I think you paint way too drastic a picture as what would happen if we don't have the boots on the ground.

Can we achieve the most important national security goals in Afghanistan... at far less expense?

hypothetically, what does political Afghanistan look like? Is a stable Afghanistan one in which we return to more localized government of sorts, with the warlords--the regional leader--who are more akin to the countries north of…

If 10 years of American sacrifice hasn't convinced the region that the United States is a reliable ally, why are you confident that more time, more money, and the loss of more American lives will change that view?

Well, Dr. Biddle, what you're describing is a situation, which you all touch upon, and that is considerable continued economic support from the United States.

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

the primary importance of promoting stability in Afghanistan is to prevent nuclear proliferation out of Pakistan