03/20/2012
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"One of the lessons we learned painfully in Iraq is that numbers matter."
"This is a remarkable people, with a remarkable history."
"Iran's actions and rhetoric have in fact prompted our partners in the Gulf to seek closer relationships than we have had with some of these nations in some decades."
"There is an unsettling perception in Afghanistan and Pakistan that the U.S. is not in this for the long haul."