"I think the hardest thing that I have to understand, I know the people in West Virginia have to understand, is the greatest army that history has ever known, the United States, and the greatest trained and equipped soldiers, we're at 100,000 and let's say that our enemy may be at 30,000 maximum, pro..."
"I think it's admirable."
"The President's stated goal is to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan."
"I have real concerns about whether the proposed civilian-led mission will take the lead once our troops are gone and is sufficient to support the Iraqi needs and U.S. interests."
"Basically we get, as a country and our general fund, no return on the investment we're making."
"Basically, those of us who lived through the 1974 oil embargo and saw what it had done and how it crippled the Nation."
"Does it not make a little bit of----"
"There were concerns that I shared and wrote about before the invasion, that the invasion of Iraq would create the temptation or the possibility of a long-term occupation by the United States."
"No one should interpret my comments today as a lack of support for Iraq and the continued U.S. involvement there."
"We cannot afford to let the gains we have sacrificed so much for slip away."
"We cannot afford to let the gains our troops have sacrificed so much for in Iraq slip away before they are cemented."