Angus King actually said...

"If the Afghan Security Forces continue to progress--I do not think the Taliban can defeat the Afghan Security Forces."

"I want some larger thinking than just military drone strikes and other options of that nature."

"I think that it would be a significant accomplishment, sir, and I think it would diminish tensions throughout."

"How do we get it through to Maliki that he has to stop suppressing the Sunnis or he, in fact, is creating an al Qaeda opportunity in places like Fallujah?"