“President Joe Biden's hasty, ill-planned withdrawal from Afghanistan f...” — John E. James Quote

“President Joe Biden's hasty, ill-planned withdrawal from Afghanistan fell well short.”

“I secured funding for critical infrastructure like the Soo Locks whose failure would devastate the American economy within weeks and kneecap national defense for years.”

“We will counter the socialist movement of envy and confiscation with a conservative movement of access and opportunity.”

“Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan.”

“I oppose the spending of trillions in Iraq and Afghanistan, I strongly oppose Islamic extremism but don't believe that sending troops to die in two unwinnable wars makes sense.”

“In combat operations in places like Afghanistan, we often confronted the specter of dangerous people with powerful weapons who were a threat to their community and to our soldiers. Our aim was to quickly determine who in that community was a legitimate actor who could be trusted with a firearm and who was not.”