The test will be whether Pakistan takes concrete actions not only to support reconciliation, but to reduce the ability of the Taliban and the Haqqani network to plan and launch operations from Pakistan.
Cunningham highlights Pakistan's role in supporting peace efforts in Afghanistan.
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It is overwhelmingly in the public's interest to let the people of the great state of Michigan decide this matter at the ballot box.
I applaud President Obama's decision to maintain the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan through 2016 and beyond.
Our efforts there must be long term and in concert with the need for the United States to help develop and implement a generational strategy to defend our people and values.
An orderly and legitimate constitutional political transition through Presidential elections in 2014 is critical to future Afghan stability.