You can approach every challenge with openness and kindness and transparency.
I am proud of the country and my Virginians for what they are doing in welcoming Afghans here.
I am the father of a Marine. I come from a state that is very, very heavily affected by the wars of the last 20 years.
I am relieved that a child born at Inova Fairfax today is not born into a nation at war.
President Biden had the courage to say this Nation is not a nation that should be permanently at war.
I have also gone to Fort Lee, as you have, to see the incredible work that is being done to help Afghans who have stood ...
I have a lot of emotions. So let me just tell you what they are. They are sadness, and they are anger, and they are prid...
I hope you will not release the money, and I think it would be a big mistake.
I have watched Afghanistan on television. I have talked to active duty and veterans.
The basic question I have for you, Mr. Secretary, is: What are the lessons of the last 20 years of war?
There are a lot of people, in this body, who wanted the military, to stay in Afghanistan, more, another year, five years...