On the recordJanuary 23, 2007
Let me tell you about a conversation I had with our Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey. They both said--this was back before Christmas--that they would not support a surge unless there is a specific plan for success, and the ambassador even said, and I quote, that he did not want more American kids wasting their lives unless he had 'a high degree of confidence in the plan.'
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