I worry such action is premature and would weaken opportunities for U.S. companies.

Doesn't the stability come helping the many where they live fight and defeat these bastards in their backyards, so we don't have to send 100,000 troops?

I think we would be buying in terms of costs a lot more than the cost of staying and getting it right.

I believe that this is our last best chance, and the only way we will really fail at the end of the day is for our political system not to support the General at a time of his greatest need.

I am telling everybody in this committee that if we get this right not only will they feel better, but I will feel better and we will win this thing.

Do you agree with me, Dr. Miller and General Allen, that Afghanistan is the center of gravity for the moment in the war on terror?

Would you agree with me, we really haven't had it right over 10 years?

I hope we'll look, going within the force and cross-training people.

the Defense Department is more than paying its fair share, in my view.

Would the President let me know when 10 minutes has passed? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican time has expired.

That's just the math, right?

We're going to put 87,000 people out of work, I guess.

And this is a severe aberration and does not reflect who our men and women are, in terms of their behavior under stress.

Do you have enough flexibility to make adjustments?

this is a defining moment for the Senate in a couple of ways. The Democratic Senators have an alternative to the House-passed JOBS bill that will get a vote on their alternative. That is good. I believe the House-passed JOBS bill had…

When is it a crime, and when is it a national security hostile act done under the law of war?

Would you consider a cyber attack generated from the People's Liberation Army of China against our national security infrastructure, should that be considered a hostile act?

Is it fair to say that we do not have the legal infrastructure in place to deal with the cyber threats that we face, that the Congress needs to give you better legislative support?

Is it fair to say that, of all the things that we should be concerned about, cyber attacks from foreign governments and terrorists is a growing threat by the day?

if an al Qaeda-backed organization tried to commit a cyber attack, would you consider that an attack on the United States?

If this is not a wake-up call for the Congress, what would be?

The visa program has always had a wage calculation requirement.

Well, thank you for your service and to all those under your command. You have done a great job.

People ask me that. I mean, I just wonder, I mean, if we have 8.3 percent unemployment, and maybe 15 percent of underemployed, and people have stopped working, how can it be that we need visa programs for the seafood industry, the…

Right. And we have a transition plan to put Afghans in control of Afghanistan. Is that correct?