Graham: Afghanistan Drawdown May Kill Momentum

Lindsey Graham is not a fan of President Obama's plan to withdraw 30,000 troops from Afghanistan, telling a Chris Wallace-less Fox News Sunday that "He may have undercut the momentum we achieved in the last year. Things were moving in the right direction." Graham fretted that the president's plan didn't fall within the range of recommendations from military advisers, reports Politico, calling it "the Obama-Biden strategy."

• John Cornyn on invoking 14th Amendment to raise debt ceiling: That's "crazy talk. It is not acceptable for Congress and the president not to do their job and say basically the president has the authority to do this by himself."
• John McCain says GOP might be OK with "revenue raisers:" "Jon Kyl was in negotiations with the vice president and he said there were certain revenue raisers in other areas that perhaps we could work on," McCain said, but wouldn't say what those might be when pressed.
• McCain on Moammar Gadhafi: He still poses a "direct threat." He's committed acts of terror, and he is committing more of those if he's able to remain in power." Further, "This thing could've been over a long time ago if we had acted decisively with the use of American air power."
• Mel Martinez on illegal alien Jose Antonio Vargas: "It's a difficult problem, and what we need to do is find a way in which Jose can continue to contribute to this country."
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