06/16/2009
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"That argues, then, for a reassessment of the July 2011 commitment to begin a withdrawal."
"Obviously, one of the biggest problems we're facing is corruption."
"How do you ensure that all elements of a local community, subdistrict, district, province feel that they are represented adequately and fairly?"
"the constitution is what mandates the centralization of that government in Afghanistan, and President Karzai is, of course, carrying out the law of that constitution."