05/14/2018
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"Just as we have done in Iraq, we will execute this transition responsibly, taking into account conditions on the ground."
"This disparity is--it's hard for me to describe to people why this number will work in Afghanistan when it took so much more in Iraq."
"The surge, however, in Iraq, we ended up with close to 165,000 troops in a period of time of 18 months."
"I think they underestimate the impact of the cap, and so I support the change proposed in S. 3305."