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John W. Nicholson: “We're here to defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan and to enable the government of Afghanistan to extend its reach out…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2006
We're here to defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan and to enable the government of Afghanistan to extend its reach out to all of its people. And that is our primary focus. Now, if in the course of that we run across Osama bin Laden, we'd be very happy to roll him up and bring him to justice.

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Colonel John Nicholson emphasizes the U.S. military's focus on defeating the insurgency in Afghanistan and supporting the Afghan government.

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