05/17/2011
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"It's not desirable to go to 450,000 by 2017, but we can do it; is that your testimony?"
"I think we have an opportunity to turn this into a defeat if we make that decision collectively as a body politic."
"We went into Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of September 11, and I would remind my fellow citizens and my colleagues, we went in virtually unanimously."
"It just seems to me that we have an opportunity to leave this place stable, a place that will not be a haven for terrorists, and to walk away with some degree of success."