Senate Proceeding on Sep 16th, 2009 :: 8:36:55 to 8:39:15
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Joseph Lieberman: but then comes the -- and, dins incidentally, president obama himself said this in a statement he made awhile ago. he said, we cannot mulgd through mulgd through in afghanistan. it requires a decisive effort to aachieve victory. we learned that in iraq. counterinsurgencies, such that we're involved in afghanistan,

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Speech By: Joseph Lieberman

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Joseph Lieberman: is manpower intensive. and so that's the question the administration ask we here in congress if you agree that it's in the vital national security interest of the united states to succeed in afghanistan, then you've got to decide how we can best do that. and to me, the answer is clear: we need more troops there, american troops, while the afghans are being trained to

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Joseph Lieberman: take over themselves and they can't just be as admiral mullen made clear yesterday. they need to be combat troops, and they need to be combat troops because without t security that the american combat troops will singularly and uniquely provide in the short term, there can't even be training of the afghans.

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Joseph Lieberman: there certainly can't be governance as we know it and there can't be a prospect for economic development. so we need make this decision soon. weather has an affect.

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Lindsey Graham: a senator: would the gentleman yield mr. lieberman: i would to my friend from south carolina, be glad to. mr. graham: as i understand the situation in the last couple of months, casualties among the american forces are at an all-time high since the invasion invasion. do you agree with that, senator? mr. lieberman: that, unfortunately, is the truth. mr. graham: and it's also my understanding that i.e.d. attacks by the ene have gone

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Speech By: Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Graham: up about 1,000% and in reaction to that, secretary gates has sent 3,000 people over to deal with the i.e.d. problem. and from my understanding of the testim mullen said that the force structure we have in place between the combination of coalition forces and afghan forces are not enough to reverse

8:38:46 to 8:39:06( Edit History Discussion )

Lindsey Graham: the trends and to regain loss mentum. i thought it was pretty clear that he was telling us something has to change beyond traing the afghan army. and would you aee, senator, that the longer we put people -- leave people in that environment environment, where the momentum is on the enemy's side, we're doing a great disservice to the

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Lindsey Graham: 68,000 people that are there? and if you're going to send troops, send them while it matters, send them in enough numbers to save lives and get the job over sooner rather than later. that is what i think all three of us are saying. mr. president, we appciate your commitment in afghanistan, sending troops to get the