Tom Udall actually said...

"We are starting to integrate innovation into it as well."

"We have been very impressed with their performance."

"I think many of our NATO partners, as in France--you are going to go talk to them, but I think they just see this, that we have waited too long in terms of having an Afghan lead."

"I hope that there is very serious discussion about this transition and how quickly we can do it and how we make sure that this is an Afghan-led security operation."