Concern Quote by Brian Whitman

We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan

— Daniel Fried

We live in a regime built on force and lies. In essence, it's the same here as in Uzbekistan, except the government here is…

— Isa Gambar

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan.

— Jose Saramago

This document will play an important role in protecting the strategic interests of Russia and Uzbekistan and ensuring stability and security in the region,…

— Islom Karimov

We're interested in it because it would provide a land bridge up to Uzbekistan, which provides us, among other things, a humanitarian pathway for…

— Tommy Franks

There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for…

— Condoleezza Rice

We obviously don't want to cause problems for the Afghan government, President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan people. In fact, we want them to…

— David Petraeus

I hope (the United States) will change and they will now focus entirely on helping and building a stronger, better Afghanistan.

— Hamid Karzai

I have the authority to address the threat from Isil, but I believe we are strongest as a nation when the president and Congress…

— Barack Obama

We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security.

— Stephen Harper

We have to figure out how to deal with Iran as the principal state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

— Hillary Clinton

The problem is, you have to look at Afghanistan also in a global context where we've canceled basically our missile defense system undercutting the…

— Rahm Emanuel