This problem will not be over in 18 months. This problem will not be over in 2 years.
There is no one silver bullet that is going to correct all the problems.
The President has been very explicit and was very explicit I think in his speech that this remaining force will engage in counter-terrorism ...
Yes. The president's been very explicit and was very explicit, I think, in his speech, that this remaining force will engage in counterterro...
There is no purely military solution in Afghanistan.
the goals we did have for Afghanistan are too broad and too far into the future.
we need more concrete goals that can be achieved realistically within 3 to 5 years.
I would be willing to consider any changes to the manual that are consistent with U.S. domestic law and U.S. obligations under international...
President Obama has made it clear that the Afghanistan theater should be our top overseas military priority.
I promise you that as long as I remain in this post I will focus on creating a unified defense strategy that determines our budget prioritie...
I'm concerned about the level of, frankly, subversive activity that the Iranians are carrying on in a number of places in Latin America.