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Leon Panetta said...

I do not believe that we can win and change the Afghans or the Iraqis or the Pakistanis from what they believe in.

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Panetta expresses skepticism about changing the beliefs of Afghan and Iraqi people through military efforts.

09/21/2011

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usa, California

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