Administration Quote by Alan Colmes

As I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was…

— John F. Kerry

The president made clear when he was a candidate for this office and when he took this office, that unfortunately prior to his taking…

— Jay Carney

When we started after Osama bin Laden, we really decided to go after the Taliban. And we seemed to be content to kick the…

— Wesley Clark

We had a couple of minor coups that made a big difference. We snared away from a competitor a correspondent already on the ground…

— Brit Hume

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

No one talked about the fact that in this year under the Obama administration you've seen the highest casualties in Afghanistan. And the fact…

— Allen West

You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden…

— Bill Nelson

When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many Afghans, some…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

Who was it in Afghanistan who screwed up in Tora Bora and let bin Laden escape? It was the Bush Administration. Who leached all…

— Sidney Blumenthal

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the…

— Colin Powell

Since Bin Laden's death, many Americans have decided that our job in Afghanistan is done. They see a victory in the counterterrorism campaign, and…

— Eric Greitens

In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there is great division in the world and we have failed to capitalize on that…

— Chris Van Hollen