"If NATO fails in Afghanistan, it will never recover."
"Could you take a look at it and give me an opinion about that?"
"I think the cost of the Afghan Army at that level's going to be $3 or $4 billion, at the very minimum."
"the American people need to understand this is going to be difficult, it's going to be more expensive, more lives are going to be lost, but I hope we understand, as a Nation, the consequences of losin..."
"I think it was a miserable failure and that we now are having to take that job upon ourselves."
"I support what the President's doing. I want the American public to know that this has been a NATO operation all along."
"I think the U.S. Army, and particularly the National Guard, are training the police."
"I support President Obama's efforts to interject more troops."
"The combined Afghan security forces and all coalition forces at this moment are not enough to reverse the lost momentum, is that correct?"
"We could send a million troops and that will not restore legitimacy to the government; do you agree with that?"
"You either win or you lose, and I think everybody wants to win."