08/06/2008
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"Our mission was to ensure that Afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for al Qaeda or other terrorist groups."
"So, do you think that we would be prepared, by the end of 2016, to go down to 5,500, giving the requirements for both counterterrorism and train-advise-and-assist?"
". . . as of last week, the units we have on the ground throughout the country report that of the 407 district centers, 8 (or 2 percent) are under insurgent control."
"I want to thank the witnesses."