06/15/2009
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"Militarily, we should go, at the right time. I think everyone should know that. Diplomatically, culturally, we should be staying."
"I actually offered an amendment yesterday, on the exact point that you just made."
"We need a strategy that has clearly articulated endpoints, not simply benchmarks, so we really know where we are going."
"And we require it in other areas. They need to understand us every bit as much as we need to understand them."