Ben Cardin actually said...

If we can save money on the military side, at least part of that could be invested in the civilian side of our national security equation.

I don't want to overestimate the importance of being popular in the countries that we operate, but I don't think we should underestimate tha...

I couldn't agree with you more that these are three tools that are in our toolbox that need to be deployed in a coordinated way.

We have had our military presence, but we also have had an effort to provide economic development assistance to the people of Afghanistan.