02/14/2011
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"Mr. Obama would only have himself to blame if, for entirely domestic political reasons, he undermines the conditions for a security transition to Afghan national forces by 2014 that still looks just a..."
"Does the President's announcement of this withdrawal make your job--if you are confirmed, and I am sure you will be--more difficult and more challenging or easier?"
"However, under the President's plan, which calls for having all of our surge units out of Afghanistan by September, these troops will begin flowing out of Afghanistan right at the time that the Taliba..."
"By drawing down U.S. forces those several months early so that they miss the next fighting season, how much additional risk are we incurring, and how could it negatively affect our mission?"