Patrick Leahy actually said...

"I think under the administration's new strategy we'll have both the military and the civilian capacity to be able to make headway with the Afghans."

"I will say we have developed in the inter-agency benchmarks for success."

"I have a particular interest in this. Everybody I've talked with when I was in Afghanistan told me how much they need this for the same reasons that the Secretary described."

"The extraordinary high rate of illiteracy among the recruits there has to be a cause of concern."