Jack Reed actually said...

I think keeping the larger-sized force would certainly, as you pointed out, reassure the Afghans.

Good-news stories about Afghanistan and the Afghan security forces don't seem to get the coverage in the U.S. media that is given to negativ...

I don't think we could find someone better acclimated to the various challenges; and there are quite a few throughout the region.

Going forward, the challenges there seem to be more political than any type of military threat from the outside, or an uncontrollable intern...