"I would suggest--and I hope you agree--that one of your missions is to continually assess the readiness and effectiveness of the ANSF."
"if the government that is left in place is not broadly representative of the country, if we have learned anything in the last month, it is that that is a crucial element in the stability of the countr..."
"I think it is important that the provision adopted by this committee not only would prohibit the buying of the remaining group, but immediately cut off spare parts which would, in effect, over a fairl..."
"The Navy has no icebreaker capacity in the Arctic?"
"It strikes me that rather than an arbitrary date for leaving Afghanistan, it should be based upon conditions on the field."
"I think the word you used is, it will be catastrophic if we cut off spare parts."
"The inability for the Afghans to have the operational reach represented by the Mi-17 will seriously deteriorate their ability to take the fight to the enemy."
"We tend to focus around here on problems. That's what we talk about. That's our job. But my sense is that Secretary Kerry and what happened last weekend was a big deal, and the avoidance of what could..."
"I think it's so important for us to develop an effective relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan."
"This is one of the most important jobs in our country right now and we're taking a guy who really knows how to do it."
"Unfortunately, we now seem to be moving into an era where there is at least a possibility of non-state actors acquiring nuclear weapons who would not necessarily be concerned about their destruction."