It would be a grave mistake to withdraw from Afghanistan on an arbitrary timeframe not based upon conditions on the ground.
I think that's just part of the reality that we face there. Plus, we have--for the first time in, I don't know, living memory, have a real p...
If we had the Gates budget of 2012, the defense budget this year would be somewhere around $612 billion.
I think we have to think about it in terms of the moral obligation to do that.
Do you seriously believe Putin cares about agreements?
if we're going to decide to close the facility and--or if, collectively, the United States Government's going to decide to close the facilit...
The question that bothers me is, okay, if we decide it's been in the National interest to close it, there still are some people there that a...
It does not appear to have been all that effective. I would hope that this might be a focus.
If the government in Baghdad had been more inclusive starting 10 years ago, we might not have had the rise of ISIS.
I share that position [to support additional arms to Ukraine].
If they don't, this battle is lost.