"Mr. Yohannes, looking at the MCC's calculations for the amount of benefits each compact provides, it appears Congress is appropriating more money for four MCC compacts than those compacts provide in benefits."
"I'd like to raise the general question of when the United States should become involved in the civil war of another country."
"Without a defined endgame, Congress and the American people must assume U.S. participation in the coalition may continue indefinitely."
"Let me just leap ahead for a moment to the fact that we are, apparently, implementing a humanitarian response."
"The President and members of his team have stated that the removal of Qadhafi is a diplomatic goal of the United States, but not a military goal."
"The last 10 years have illuminated clearly that initiating wars and killing the enemy is far easier than achieving political stability and rebuilding a country when the fighting is over."
"I would say that not all of these conditions were satisfied in the Libyan case."
"I also believe that policymakers in this country and other countries made a mistake early on in calling explicitly for Muammar Qadhafi's removal."
"The President must establish U.S. goals and strategies with much greater clarity."
"The President must establish with much greater clarity what would constitute success."
"we are in a situation in which we in the United States have to be very clear, even in the context of our role as a NATO coalition partner, precisely why we are conducting operations in Libya and furth..."