"I wanted to move to the security issue, which each of you have mentioned more than once, I think."
"The Provincial Reconstruction Teams--as our troop presence is diminished and as we drawdown, I'd ask you whether or not you think the PRT's role has to be augmented because of that."
"I want to see it in the context of the United States remaining engaged in Iraq, at least for some period, until Iraq achieves stability."
"How about with regard to what our Government's doing, vis-a-vis Syria? Is there more that we should be doing, in terms of any kind of new strategy or new initiative with regard to Syria?"
"I think that any sectarian definition of those who get preference--in other words, saving Iraqi Christians because they're Iraqi Christians--would be a very big mistake."
"So, according to what you're saying, the number outside of Iraq is too high, possibly--the 2 million."
"I guess the volume, too, is a problem, huh?"
"Our Government is providing substantial help, here. The Obama administration has committed about $150 million to assist displaced Iraqis in this current fiscal year, 2009."
"the amount that has been pledged, $160 million recently, is not so greatly different than what it was in the last couple of fiscal years."
"Which--well, depending on how you count it--but, this was--this was extraordinary."
"What is our Government doing? ... the need for someone in the White House to be able to coordinate..."