Leon Panetta actually said...

Hopefully by the mid- to latter-part of 2013, we will be able to make a transition from a combat role.

Panetta expresses hope for transitioning U.S. forces from combat to advisory roles.

02/13/2012

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this violence is not going to alter our commitment to get this job done

the recent attacks on our troops 'will not alter our commitment to get this job done.'

We need to continue to put pressure on them, whether they're in Pakistan, whether they're in Yemen, whether they're in Somalia, whether they...

the conflict in Afghanistan is an Afghan war, and it will be up to the Afghan forces to win it.