I can't tell you how painful it is as an Iraq war veteran now sitting on this committee to see us fighting and refighting so many of the same battles that we fought, that our frien...
We heard from the expert panel that preceded you how important it is that Iraqi politics be the primary effort.
It is critical that we do all we can here in Congress to ensure a stable Iraq after ISIL is defeated.
I echo Chairwoman Hartzler's frustration at securing appropriate administration witnesses to answer the full gamut of qu...
Without sufficient local security arrangements, we cannot expect for Iraq to be stabilized, for civilians to return to n...
We must hear from this administration how this time will be different.
How do we know that now that ISIS is about defeated there won't be an ISIS 2.0, just as ISIS in many ways is Al Qaeda in...
I hope you will feel that responsibility, as well.
I cannot tell you how painful it is as an Iraq war veteran to see us fighting and refighting the same battles.
That is what I am most worried about, is that by giving a blank check, we could enable exactly the kinds of dysfunction ...
The uniforms that were issued to the Afghan National Army have been deemed inappropriate for 97 percent of Afghanistan.