02/08/2012
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"the best way to achieve a success is through a properly resourced counterinsurgency strategy backed by strong civil, military, and U.S.-Afghan partnerships."
"It's time for the President to state unequivocally that we will stay in Afghanistan until we succeed."
"I continue to worry a great deal about the message we are sending in the region about whether we're actually going to stay or not and whether we're going to do what's necessary to succeed, rather than..."
"I note here that the deployment of the 30,000 additional U.S. forces announced by President Obama last December and their equipment is slightly ahead of schedule."