Paul Kirk: “It is now time to strengthen their mission of training local army and police forces.”

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

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.

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?

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