04/29/2009
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"President Obama announced at the State of the Union that we will withdraw half of the forces we have now."
"It seems to me that there are several seminal events or situations that will determine success or failure."
"This means that there is an architecture of support for Afghanistan that is a new factor."
"I would not want to do anything in extending or amending the AUMF that makes it easier to keep Guantanamo open."