I have long worked to improve and fund the LEAP program. As such, I was disappointed that the President's fiscal year 2011 budget eliminated funding for LEAP.
I think the Iranians lost the election.
The Iraqi people are pretty clear that they don't want a government that's made in Tehran.
A sanctions approach is not a magic wand.
I think Senator Lieberman's acknowledgement of your testimony is very accurate. It is very sobering and very appropriate...
I think, ultimately, Iraqi nationalism will trump Iranian meddling.
I am going to thank Senator Hagan for her gracious hospitality. This is payback for not leaving you in Afghanistan.
Violence and progress coexist in Afghanistan, and sometimes the violence blinds us to the progress.
That transition point is not a withdrawal, but it is a transition to a different mission.
I think we met about 40 years ago and in the intervening 40 years he has acquitted himself magnificently as a soldier.
it's a moral imperative that we use everything we have to ensure that they get out of it.