Paul Kirk

Secretary Gates, as Secretary of Defense, how do you plan to pay for a continuing war in Afghanistan with 30,000 more U.S. troops?

I fully support the expansion of civilian efforts in Afghanistan as part of an all-of-government approach.

For everything I can see--a fraudulent sort of installation, an economy that's dependent on opium, corruption rampant throughout the government--am I wrong to say that we are taking a leap of faith here with President Karzai?

It is now time to strengthen their mission of training local army and police forces.

People on fixed income measure every dollar. They plan ahead. They plan prudently so that they balance what their needs are.

Influenza is out there, and really the seriousness with which the Committee has been taking pandemic preparedness in the past just needs to be reinvigorated.