It was the president who convened this meeting out of a shared belief that American democracy is in peril, like nothing we have seen in the modern era.

If your companies want to win your business, they have to go out and they have to up their game, better prices and services, new ideas and products. By the same token, competitive economy means companies must do all they do - everything…

The Afghan troops have 300,000 well-equipped, as well-equipped as any army in the world -- and an air force against something like 75,000 Taliban. It is not inevitable.

The United States cannot afford to remain tethered to policies, creating a response to the world as it was 20 years ago. We need to meet the threats where they are today.

the President of the United States stood up and denounced the 1619 Project and then passed an executive order.

the U.S. would not have responsibility for what happened after this, that we`ve been there long enough that it wasn`t our goal to nation state, and that the Afghani people and government and military needs to take care of themselves.

It was not in the national interest of the United States of America to continue fighting this war indefinitely.

it was time for American troops to leave the U.S., to end this so called forever war.

The status quo was not an option. Staying would have meant U.S. troops taking casualties; American men and women back in the middle of a civil war.

So let me ask those who want us to stay? How many more? How many 1000s more Americans daughters and sons? Are you willing to risk? Already we have members of our military whose parents fought in Afghanistan 20 years ago? Would you send…

Experts in Wall Street, analysts have said that we`ll create millions of good-paying jobs for years and decades to come, not just in the near term.

Let me ask those who want to us stay. How many more -- how many thousands more Americans, daughters and sons, are you willing to risk? How long would you have them stay? Already we have members of our military whose parents fought in…

Starting this month, we`re going to begin to relocate -- we`re going to begin relocation flights for Afghanistan SIV applicants and their families who choose to leave. We have a point person in the White House and at the State…

We need to meet the threats where they are today. Today, the terrorist threat has metastasized beyond Afghanistan.

We did not go to Afghanistan to nation build. Nearly 20 years of experience has shown us that the current security situation only confirms that just one more year fighting in Afghanistan is not a solution but a recipe for being there…

Here's how I look at it. I said the foul line is 15 feet away from the basket, never get me closer than 17 feet, because it really is a matter of the public trust.

What will change their behavior is the rest of the world react to them and they diminishes to standing in the world.

How many more? How many thousands more Americans` daughters and sons are you willing to risk? How long would you have them stay? Already, we have members of our military, whose parents fought in Afghanistan 20 years ago. Would you send…