I just would commend the idea of a humanitarian zone inside Syria probably on the border with Turkey or the border with Jordan.
King Abdullah said this is our fight, not yours, and basically suggested that U.S. ground troops would not be a good ide...
He brought up the notion that American ground troops may be a recruiting bonanza for ISIL.
So the Taliban would want to test that early.
Talk a little bit about the Taliban post Mullah Omar.
As much as I agree with members of the committee that our strategy in Afghanistan should be conditions-based not calenda...
We should thank those who have served in Afghanistan over and over, because this progress has been hard won, at a great ...
The Afghans certainly knew this was going to be very tough.
Everything we do should be conditions-based, not calendar-based.
I think sustaining that rules-based international order is something that has to be at the heart of any strategic framew...
I think the stakes are very high.