On the recordJune 24, 2010
We have had a good week, and I am very grateful we had the opportunity today to say to the doctors of America that we are committed to your practice and your medicine and your caring for our seniors. In addition, we were able to say to Iran, which has called for the extinguishing of Israel, has caused the existence of Camp Ashraf in Iraq, and literally has tried to destroy dissidents and resisters for democracy, that we will not tolerate an Iran that is nuclear-armed. And so I am glad that we passed the Iran Sanctions Act. But we have more to do. And I am grateful that the President saw fit to change command in Afghanistan. It is unfortunate that the commands of the commander in chief were not respected, but we know that this is a civilian government and the military respects the civilian leadership. That must be. But now we must turn to establishing a pathway out of Afghanistan. We must go after the terrorists that threaten us, but we must recognize a smart power, political power, diplomatic power, empowering the people, providing for education is the way to solve the Afghanistan problem, not 30,000 soldiers that are engaged in war.
