09/15/2009
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"I have been making notes as you and Mr. Chromy have been talking. I intend in the next few weeks to be in both Iraq and Afghanistan."
"I commend what we do, but I hope we put it in this perspective."
"But what I need from you, and I make this as an open offer to you and to Lloyd, if there is support you are not getting--financially or anything else--from Congress, tell me. And I will work to get it..."
"I can assure you all three will have my support, both in the Committee and on the floor."