Mark Udall actually said...

The reconciliation process has to be a process that is owned by the Afghans because they are the ones who have to reconcile.

the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2011 requires the President to provide an economic strategy for Afghanistan

I think you both know that the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2011 required the President...to provide an economic strategy for Afghanistan.

I think the United States has pretty consistently, primarily privately but also publicly, encouraged these regimes for years to undertake po...