Patrick Leahy actually said...

You look at some of the speeches of Secretary of Defense Gates. He has talked about how civilian casualties have been a major obstacle, for ...

I think your testimony here today will probably come to their attention, and you may be able to get the meeting. We will help you on that.

In 2003, at the urging of Senator Patrick J. Leahy, USAID's Afghanistan Transition Initiative was established.

When the United States invaded Iraq, we knew we would need a similar program there, especially as the civilian casualties began to add up an...