Gary Peters actually said...

"This is a critical issue for us, and I can appreciate you may not be fully up to speed on this particular one, but it is one that I think we need to pursue, and I would love to have that conversation."

"we have to bring all of our resources to bear in order to thwart this threat."

"I think you could say that the fact that the United States has had considerable success in decimating al-Qaeda in the region is an out-and-out success."

"It is not our job to build countries, and, frankly, I think we do a poor job of it."