Peace Comes Through Dealing With People. Peace

The Recent Wave Of Taliban Attacks Has Made Clear That The International Community Must Not Waiver In Its Support For A Stable, Secure And Prosperous Afghanistan.

This Current Government In Iraq Has Never Fulfilled The Commitments It Made To Form A Unity Government With The Kurds, The Sunnis And The Shia. We Have Worked Hard With Them Within The Confines Of Our Ability To Do That But We Can't Dictate To Them.

There Are Always Consequences To Actions That You Take. There Are Consequences To Inaction. And Thinking Through, Asking The Questions, "well, Then What Happens? What Comes Next?" Is Critically Important.

You Can't Just Drop The 82nd Airborne Into Baghdad And It Will All Be Over.

We Can't ... Take That Piece Of Reality In This Business And Set That Aside And Say, Well, That Doesn't Count. And The Republicans On My Side Understand That The Majority Is In Fact Up For Grabs Next Year. So There's Not A Decision Made Up Here That Doesn't Have That Factor Coursing Through That Current.