Stephen Lynch Quotes on Security (2 Quotes)

There are a lot of us here, from both parties, who want to get our sons and daughters home as quickly as possible and to be there not a day longer than they have to be. And that date is determined by those metrics figures and benchmarks you supply us with. So it is critically important, not just with the construction effort, not just with the security effort, but our whole involvement here in this country Iraq.

We were really looking at specific issues of security that affect our troops. While we were in agreement in terms of things that needed to be improved there, we all saw gaps and areas that needed greater protection. The morale was very good under the circumstances, but we all felt we could be doing more to protect the troops.