Jack Reed actually said...

"Again, invariably parallels are drawn between the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan."

"There's two principal missions. One is the train, equip, and advise the Afghan National Security Forces and the other is the counterterrorism operations."

"Not only forces on the ground, but facilities that may be occupied because of conditions in the country?"

"A year ago I don't think anyone would have said we'd have two relatively peaceful elections in that country."