So let it be said that the policy going forward is that in July 2011 somebody in Afghanistan, even if it's just one guy, somebody's coming home, right?

I think our American military will be studying the Petraeus tactics and strategy that he implemented in Iraq and Afghanistan for generations to come. In January of 2007 when the surge was announced, I had had the pleasure of being over in…

there is a lot going on in this world. We have a mountain of debt and wars and rumors of wars, and people are nervous throughout the country. But I thought I would take a few minutes of the time of the Senate to acknowledge something that…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Congratulating the University of South Carolina Gamecocks

That is a very good question. Who are these people and what makes them tick? Why would people who could leave by just not reenlisting keep going back to Iraq and Afghanistan? My view of our forces is that they see the face of the enemy…

I did. And if I could respond to my colleague about his statement on the floor, I would like to associate myself with it. I thought it was a very well articulated statement about the times in which we live. For about 18 months, we have had…

that shows you how bipartisan it is going to be--Graham and Schumer. That shows you the depth and breadth of Leon Panetta--the way people view him here. One of the first decisions he will have to make is what to tell the President about…

I rise in support of the nomination of Leon Panetta for Secretary of Defense. The President has chosen wisely. He has a terrific national security team in place. General Petraeus has become the CIA Director. Mr. Donilon has done a great…

This is the time to have some good bipartisanship. Senator Levin, is it not true--I have to ask you a question--that you have been saying as long as I can remember that the surge that really needs to occur is on the Afghan side? You have…

If the Senator will yield for one final thought, the two big impediments to our success in Afghanistan are Pakistan and poor governance. The reason the Taliban came back is because the governance in Afghanistan was poor, not well-accepted…

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the leadership of Senator Lindsey Graham from my home State of South Carolina

Calls President Obama's decision to withhold them a mistake.

The Guard and Reserve is a great bang for the buck when it comes to the American taxpayer and defending the Nation.

I agree with everything you said.

This was an operation within the law, and the Navy SEALs acted appropriately.

I believe, as I have said many times--I have been a military lawyer for 30 years--waterboarding as a technique has been talked about among the legal community and the military for a very long time as something not appropriate.

I just do not believe there are other viable locations.

It is my belief that the policy today is that the Army Field Manual is the exclusive means of interrogating terrorist suspects.

I would really argue that the Afghan Government cannot become the American jailer.

I think we have lost that argument. I do not believe Guantanamo Bay is going to be closed anytime soon by the Congress.

I just think it is a mistake to deny the CIA the ability to use classified techniques in the Detainee Treatment Act that I helped write because the enemy needs to be kept off balance.

I think the Navy SEAL team had to believe that the moment they encountered bin Laden, whether he raised his hands or not--that could be a fake surrender.

Congratulations to the administration for, I think, what will be a historic operation when it comes to the operation against bin Laden.