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It was not in the national interest of the United States of America to continue fighting this war indefinitely.

The status quo was not an option. Staying would have meant U.S. troops taking casualties; American men and women back in the middle of a civil war.

We need to meet the threats where they are today. Today, the terrorist threat has metastasized beyond Afghanistan.

What will change their behavior is the rest of the world react to them and they diminishes to standing in the world.

Here's how I look at it. I said the foul line is 15 feet away from the basket, never get me closer than 17 feet, because it really is a matter of the public trust.