"What is our plan down there and what is our strategy down there?"
"Are we going to help them win this war or not? It is a war, and President Calderon calls it a war."
"I think there are lessons learned from what we did in Colombia that we can be applying in Mexico to help win this war."
"But with only 25 percent--you know, my judgment, the Department of State has not implemented this plan."
"I think we need more of this down there, and I think we had a crisis situation down there and it is not getting any better."
"I know Merida is part of it and what you are doing, but who is in charge of this?"
"I think she understands this, but the President needs to show leadership on this issue."
"I think there is a much larger phenomena that we need to take a look at because if we limit our scope to simply what is happening on the border then I think we are mentioning a much bigger picture."
"I have declared war on these drug cartels which threaten the security of my nation."
"I would hope that you would be able to continue that support."
"However, he went on to say that we don't perform law enforcement activities there and seemingly minimized the risk we face by describing their role--or our role--there as advisory."
"To call them advisory--gentlemen, they were targeted and attacked for who they are--not for what they do, but for who they are as U.S. law enforcement officials."