06/07/2011
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"General Petraeus, when I was in Baghdad in January, General Raymond Odierno said he had drawn up a contingency plan to keep an extra brigade in Iraq, which would leave more than 50,000 U.S. forces in ..."
"The objective of Hamkari Baraye Kandahar (Cooperation for Kandahar) is to provide credible, transparent, inclusive, and representative governance connected to the population."
"Should we be preparing to deploy every sanction at our disposal against the Iranian regime or should we be holding back some in reserve for the future?"
"Our Nation faces significant challenges around the world--and in few places are those challenges more complicated than in the Asia-Pacific region."