12/16/2009
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"Well, my point is that right now the plan is to go down 5,500, the end of 2016. Is that correct?"
"I would ask the committee to consider the nomination of Lieutenant General John W. Nicholson, Jr., to be general and Commander of Resolute Support and Commander United States Forces-Afghanistan."
"Our mission was to ensure that Afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for al Qaeda or other terrorist groups."
"I think we're in agreement that we don't want a rerun of 2015 in 2016."