09/10/2008
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"What happens in Afghanistan has a direct impact on our safety here at home."
"if the governance has failed then most experts, most commentators, suggest that in the end we will not be successful."
"The American people are war-weary. Public opinion polls show that most Americans want out of Afghanistan."
"I sure would be interested in seeing those studies that bring it down to 231,000 or 236,000, General, because then they would contradict every study that's been done in the past."