03/13/2013
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"If you take only one thing back with you to our fellow citizens in Afghanistan, let it be this: America and this Congress are fully behind them."
"Then it makes no sense for him to have announced the date."
"Partnering with, equipping, and in other ways empowering Afghan forces to provide security for their country will demonstrate our resolve and commitment to a stable future for Afghanistan and the regi..."
"The case for action against al Qaeda and its allies has always been clear, but the United States' course of action over the last 8 years has not."