02/08/2012
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"The transition process will start with a limited conditions-based withdrawal this year."
"Not since the fall of the Soviet Union have we seen a wave of change destabilize more critical countries all at once than we are now witnessing."
"the populist-inspired changes are a direct repudiation of the violent extremists because these young folks today have achieved more change in 10 weeks than 10 years of al Qaeda's murderous campaign."
"Well, if you are going to begin to withdraw, we will begin to withdraw as well."