John Barrasso actually said...

"It is important for us to have an economic presence there, but also have a security presence there."

"We have strong tradition of never forgetting the sacrifices of our brave men and women."

"The United States contributed to the growth of corruption by injecting tens of billions of dollars into the Afghan economy."

"So will you commit to me to work on eliminating Japan's tariff on U.S. natural soda ash and help make eliminating trade barriers and increasing exports to Japan for all U.S. industries a priority?"