The President and I need your help, as all of us together do what is best for America as a whole in making those decisions.
The secret to success from a security standpoint is the ANA and the ANP and, I might add, a more effective border control police.
We must not be so preoccupied with preparing for future conventional strategic conflicts that we neglect to provide all the capabilities nec...
The ISF continue to improve their capabilities, and as we transition responsibility to them over the next 18 months, we believe that they wi...
I believe that the civilian casualties are doing us enormous harm in Afghanistan, and we have to do better in terms of avoiding casualties.
My worry is that the Afghans come to see us as part of their problem rather than part of their solution, and then we are lost.
If the review of individual detainees and the Special Task Force conclude that some detainees should be tried by military commissions becaus...
Above all, there must be an Afghan face on this war.
The President's plan represents a responsible and reasonable drawdown of our combat units in Iraq and does not sacrifice the hard-fought gai...
I have a clear understanding of my responsibilities and authorities under both title 10 and title 50 of the United States Code.
[b]usiness as usual [in terms of the Department's budget decisions] is no longer an option.