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Leon Panetta: “Our goal is that by the end of 2014 the Afghans will have the responsibility to govern and secure themselves”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
Our goal is that by the end of 2014 the Afghans will have the responsibility to govern and secure themselves
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Leon Panetta
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Panetta outlined the goal for Afghan self-governance by 2014.

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