As the Senate Armed Services Committee marks up its version of the2010 defense authorization bill this week, Members should supportand retain many House initiatives including the National DefensePanel and the purchase of additional fighters.
In the next 18 months, with a properly resourced counterinsurgency strategy, we can create conditions for the majority of insurgents to lay down their arms; train battle-tested Afghan Security Forces to lead the fight against a degraded enemy; isolate al-Qaeda and target their fighters more effectively; and help Afghan leaders build a nation that will never again serve as a base for attacks against America and our allies.
to say they ll start trading in yuans as well. maria: yeah. that stems from a weak leadership in our white house. he says nothing. he allows a balloon to come over. he has weak policies that brings us inflation, and then he ignores the ability to even sit down and negotiate? he pulled us out of afghanistan without listening to our military. we re finding in our hearings alone that has weakened america in the stance, and we ve watched it time and and again. you know, secretary gates was right when he said long before this president took office, every foreign policy this decision, this president has made for the last 40 years has been wrong, and he s proving it. but he s making us weaker, and we can t sustain that much longer. maria: yeah. of well, congressman, look, after you pass this bill, it goes to the senate. what are your expectations for the senate? and your approval ratings are up certainly among republicans and both sides. congrats on that, on keeping these promises in terms
Washington has a small window of opportunity to mold NATO into amodern, effective alliance that advances the interests of theUnited States and other members. The U.S. will always retain theoption of unilateral intervention to defend its strategicinterests, but effective partnering with NATO is a sensible andrealistic way to formulate burden-sharing arrangements with itsEuropean allies.
to say they ll start trading in yuans as well. maria: yeah. that stems from a weak leadership in our white house. he says nothing. he allows a balloon to come over. he has weak policies that brings us inflation, and then he ignores the ability to even sit down and negotiate? he pulled us out of afghanistan without listening to our military. we re finding in our hearings alone that has weakened america in the stance, and we ve watched it time and and again. you know, secretary gates was right when he said long before this president took office, every foreign policy this decision, this president has made for the last 40 years has been wrong, and he s proving it. but he s making us weaker, and we can t sustain that much longer. maria: yeah. of well, congressman, look, after you pass this bill, it goes to the senate. what are your expectations for the senate? and your approval ratings are up certainly among republicans and both sides. congrats on that, on keeping these promises in terms