Kirsten Gillibrand actually said...

"every leader we talked to, both U.S. and the foreign leaders, they did--very grateful for the work the United States was doing."

"counterterrorism can only be addressed partly through military action, that, in fact, to be effective, you had to combine that with work by the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Developm..."

"Because I want to be able to prioritize that in budget debates and also when we write the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that we need more resources in this particular area."

"I would like a unique approach to absolutely be planned for and analyzed to know what the limitations are and to think it through."