Thomas A. Garrett: “I will consider myself a historian and some lessons are written large on the pages of history, if we are only willing to…”

Perhaps have we considered a paradigm wherein we tie aid and development to Afghanistan to eradication efforts?

I would submit that the North Korean regime from 1950 has a history of making a promise and then breaking a promise.

I am prepared to close if the gentlewoman from Oregon would like to conclude her remarks.

I believe, paraphrasing, there are threats greater than an Islamist insurgency that's nationalist in its nature.