Mark Warner: “I think the professional soldiers like McChrystal did their job. McChrystal used to come every morning that the Senate…”

“I think the professional soldiers like McChrystal did their job. McChrystal used to come every morning that the Senate was in session, at 8 o'clock, and brief Senators in S. 407. A very fine officer. He has been in Iraq now--well, I don't think you add up the number of tours because he has basically been there almost constantly over 2 rac{1}{2} years; one of the longest serving members, whether it is a general officer or a private, in the Iraq theater. He has distinguished himself particularly on his initiatives to take on al-Qaida at any place, at any time of day or night, and to do the very best to eliminate that threat to not only the U.S. forces, Iraqi forces, but the Iraqi people who were brutally treated by that organization.”