James Langevin actually said...

"The ambitious U.S. strategy does not appear to be able to achieve the end state."

"I want to thank our witnesses for providing us the benefit of your experience and your insight."

"Are we trying to artificially hold together an Iraq that doesn't want to be held together?"

"That is part of what we are going to ensure in our oversight responsibility, is to make sure that we are working these things through."