Richard Holbrooke: “In a country of 180 million people, the education system must be reformed by the country itself.”

There's no Ho Chi Minh. There's no Slobodan Milosevic. There's no Palestinian Authority.

We are spending the money you've authorized for us to create a justice system which can cut into the Taliban's propaganda about corruption and lack of a justice system.

We are in Afghanistan and Pakistan because of 9/11, because al-Qaeda and its allies are camped out in western Pakistan.

Our engagement has to be aimed at building a long-term strategic partnership and must be conducted in a way that respects and enhances the Pakistani people's pursuit of a prosperous economy, a stronger democracy, and a vibrant civil…