Leon Panetta actually said...

Our strategy all along in Afghanistan has been to turn more and more responsibility over to the Afghan Army as they become capable.

Panetta emphasizes the strategy of transferring responsibility to Afghan forces.

02/29/2012

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national security is dependent on all of the things you just cited, but frankly, it's dependent on more.

The United States remains committed to both NATO and Europe.

Our goal is to complete all of the transition to a training, advisory, and assistance role in 2013.

It is extremely important that we be able to provide the services as these men and women come back.