thank you, lincoln chafee. putting the war back into our national politics in the way you did. because honestly, without you, lincoln chafee, i m not sure the war issue would be in our national politics right now. and it turns out we really need it to be in our national politics right now because this is what happened today. to the american people, i know that many of you have grown weary of this conflict. as you are well aware, i do not support the idea of endless war, and i have repeatedly argued against marching into open-ended military conflicts that do not serve our core security interests. yet given what s at stake in afghanistan and the opportunity for a stable and committed ally that can partner with us in preventing the emergence of future threats and the fact that