Eliot Engel actually said...

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.

Now is the time to make peace and security our number-one goal and to implement a strategy in Afghanistan that will help us achieve it.