Afghanistan Quote by George McGovern

We have to have a conversation about whether Obama's plan to increase spending to occupy Afghanistan helps make America a safer country, or not.…

— Grover Norquist

At least, it is encouraging to me that President [Barack] Obama has put Afghanistan front and center in this broader so-called War on terror,…

— Khaled Hosseini

Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States'…

— Ron Fournier

Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for…

— Jim Talent

[Barack Obama] is sending more troops [to Afghanistan], but they have also realized that we are not going to win that war through guns…

— Khaled Hosseini

I applaud President Obama's decision to begin a partial withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. However, I believe that we must go further…

— Susan Bysiewicz

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

Now, here we are, and we have Obama in office, and he has drawn down forces in Iraq - which is a plan that…

— Jeremy Scahill

The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with…

— Hillary Clinton

The biggest mistake Barack Obama could have made is to change quite a few things in his Afghanistan policy. He increased the number of…

— Ahmed Rashid

Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan. By the end of next year,…

— Barack Obama

Right now we're on the President Obama plan, and we'll stay with that. And from my perspective, the reason we're there is to make…

— Michael Mullen