I don't think there could be any better place.

I would like also to express my appreciation to Senator Thune for having originally brought forth this idea. It's a very sensible approach.

I appreciate that--the timely hearing that you brought forward here.

I can think of no greater tribute to those who fought the larger wars of the 20th century, to have them located in a way that they can be accessible to those who come and visit our national capital.

I would like to see an endpoint, and this is something that you can expect to hear more on, from our perspective, over the coming months.

I think that clearly China sees a stable Afghanistan as in their own security interests.

Where I really would like to spend my time today is how we are separating out who actually should be confronted as an enemy on the battlefield.

We have an active dialogue with the Chinese Government, as we do with many others, in terms of the overall development strategy and political strategy in Afghanistan.

I think perhaps we may reach a point where we might encourage the Afghanis to examine their constitution that was arrived at, at the Bonn Conference in 2001.

I totally agree with.

If those are people who can be brought over to our view, and if we're having trouble recruiting on the ANA, which we seem to be, while the size of this resistance element seems to be growing, how are you making the distinction, in terms of…

Senator Webb, a Democrat from Virginia, compared it to 'the old Soviet Union.'