Eliot Engel actually said...

"The Trump administration announced its approach to deal with the stalemate nearly a year ago in what it termed a new strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia."

"the very nature of a peace settlement... has to be negotiated with Afghans and not over the heads of Afghans."

"Fifteen thousand American troops remain on the ground there fighting America's longest war and we provide billions in assistance every year."

"if we can talk to Kim Jong-un, certainly, we can talk to the Taliban."