We clearly have national security interests in how Afghanistan is governed, and Pakistan as well.

This is obviously a very, very difficult part of the world.

how do we get to the point where we can reduce our commitment in Afghanistan so that it is not an open-ended commitment and a blank check?

We have had timelines. We have had troop caps. We have also consistently exceeded those troop caps and consistently gone beyond those timelines.

Making sure that we don't return to those days is clearly in our national security interests.

We ask that Congress approve the Committee Report language in the FY2018 NDAA which further defines Section 2805.

I do not think it serves any particular purpose to make promises that nobody has any intention of keeping.

I agree with the Secretary of State. We should be finding ways to solve that problem, not ways to throw gasoline on the fire.

I cannot help but think that it is because...you did not want to look at it and see just how outlandish those numbers would be versus the money we have.

They are in a very comprehensive effort to undermine the very values that our country has fought for in the post-World War II environment.

We cannot keep piling missions on our service members without ensuring they have all they need to succeed.