With the strategic partnership between the United States and Afghanistan reinforced with a BSA, I am confident the bulk of our residual force would return home by the end of 2016.
The ALP is fundamental to the professionalization of the ANSF.
we try to make it work even better by taking the politics out of the selection.
Our agreement with the White House is that the President will select from among the three that the two of us send to him.
this is a process that works. And it is a process that sets us, the United States, apart from so many other judiciaries around the world.
How can you deploy those forces in a way that you're meeting these expanding threats?
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We are grateful to each of you for your service to the Nation and for the truly professional service of the men and women under your command...