Joe Manchin actually said...

"I think they do pose a long-term threat as well."

"I think it has been very successful, also, and very cost-effective for us, too."

"Also, with the change of regime there, I guess the last election they just had showed an awful lot of the moderates got elected and some of the extremes got pushed out of office."

"the artificial limitation on troop levels ties the hands of our military commanders and makes our troops more vulnerable to attack"