04/28/2009
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"I appreciated very much the President's announcement of policy with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday."
"Just as importantly, I think, was the President's unambiguous political commitment to defeat the Islamist extremists of South Asia."
"Is it fair to say that we're focused clearly on al Qaeda, but that the success or failure of allied groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan... is also relevant to our security in the world?"
"I thought the President spoke very eloquently on Friday about the fact that there hadn't been adequate civil-military cooperation."