Thank you very much, sir.
I think that it's critical that we do both as we work in the coming months and years.
We need to make clear to the people of Pakistan that we will be full partners in their fight against extremist elements.
Our troops are defending the right of Afghanistan to develop its own government.
There will come an inevitable moment in this fight where our partners in Pakistan must take up the fight with an equal vigor.
I believe that other strategic questions... are the crucial determinants of success, not the numbers of troops.
Do you at least acknowledge that investing over $100 billion in just one country, in 1 year alone, risks degrading our long-term ability to ...
the underresourcing of our engagement in Afghanistan over the last 4 or 5 years has brought us to where we are today.
I believe we'll be challenged to have the civilian and governance capacity in place quickly enough to translate their sacrifice into lasting...
Our roadmap must have a destination, a path toward a day when the Afghan Government will be able to take basic responsibility for its own pe...
Congress and the American people now must evaluate whether this course has a reasonable chance to succeed...