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On the recordDecember 1, 2009
Am I right that, in the policy that the President announced last night, which does begin a transfer of security responsibility of July 2011 to the Afghans, there is no deadline for the end of that transfer; it will be based on conditions on the ground?
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman questions the lack of a deadline for transferring security to Afghan forces.

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