Jack Reed actually said...

"The collapse of the Assad regime, sir, would be the biggest strategic setback for Iran in 25 years."

"Senator, we're going to have to watch how the Afghan forces mature."

"Clearly, it would be something best accomplished with a regional leader, regional organization."

"The larger issue here is, to the extent-- implicit in your plans for a phasedown of American forces, I always assumed was a robust special operations capacity that could operate throughout the country..."