04/26/2016
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"If we don't get this residual force right to continue the momentum, Afghanistan will fall apart quicker than Iraq."
"I cannot, in good conscience, vote to continue this operation."
"General Austin always had a firm view that we needed--18,000 to 20,000 is what he first said."
"I think it will, sir. I think, certainly, again, those forces have been outlined by General Mattis as what he needs to accomplish the goals and objectives that he's laid out."