The size and scope and end state of that departure will be determined by the situation on the ground.
We cannot afford to repeat the mistake which at least three people today lived through, personally.
I happen to believe that the conditions, which I set out last October for deploying more troops, still hold today.
I do not want to leave your committee, or anyone who's listening to this hearing, with the impression that any agreement...
There's no military solution here.
As President Obama reiterated just a few weeks ago, our Core Goal in Afghanistan and Pakistan is clear: to disrupt, dism...
Every poll shows that less than 10 percent of the people support the Taliban.
Nobody wants to return to the black years of the Taliban.
We're going to give it our best.
The goal here is to create a new program.
Senator Kerry himself was in Kabul, playing such an instrumental role in the resolution of that near disaster.