Stephen J. Hadley: “I think this distinction between soft power and hard power is not a good one because a lot of our soft power converts…”

We need to show that our politics can actually, on a bipartisan basis, solve some of the problems we face.

It is important both as a symbol of a national commitment to deal with this problem, but it is also important to rebalance a little bit this relationship between the Congress and the President.

America has never accepted the idea that it had to choose between its democratic principles and its interests.

We need to put pressure on President Karzai but really to encourage all aspects of the Afghan system to put pressure on Karzai and the Parliament to get this legislation enacted and to get the people appointed.