12/01/2009
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"I actually offered an amendment yesterday, on the exact point that you just made."
"I don't believe it's always necessary that, if the American flag goes down, that we end up staying to rebuild a nation."
"Militarily, we should go, at the right time. I think everyone should know that. Diplomatically, culturally, we should be staying."
"We need a strategy that has clearly articulated endpoints, not simply benchmarks, so we really know where we are going."