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Leon Panetta: “I think that combination does make clear that they're going to be able to govern and secure themselves at that point.”

On the recordJune 12, 2012
I think that combination does make clear that they're going to be able to govern and secure themselves at that point.
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Panetta expresses confidence in the Afghan army's ability to govern and secure itself by 2014.

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