Paul Kirk: “I fully support the expansion of civilian efforts in Afghanistan as part of an all-of-government approach.”

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

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

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.

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?