If there is one demonstrable historical truth, it is that foreign forces in Afghanistan are destabilizing over time.
I look forward to your testimony and insights into the challenges and way forward in Afghanistan.
Being in a better position in Afghanistan is still finding yourself in a very difficult spot.
I am confident that those objectives, which GEN Allen has outlined in his campaign strategy for SOF, can be accomplished even in the face of...
I look forward to hearing from General Mattis how his command is postured to respond to those challenges.
It is critical, therefore, that our special operations forces are fully resourced.
We cannot simply walk away from Pakistan. We need to find a way to make that relationship work.
Securing our hemisphere is absolutely critical to our national security.
We must be careful not to compromise homeland missile defense for the sake of theater missile defense or budget shortfalls.
We need to treat it as a national security imperative.
I appreciate your leadership, General Fraser, in trying to confront that.