04/07/2014
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"I asked the Secretary specifically, you know, there's discussion about recognizing the Taliban now. And I said, tell me, at what point did the Taliban in essence become the governing group of Afghanis..."
"There's such a sense of tribalism, tribalism now that we won't get out of it unless politicians are willing to stand up and do things that may not be popular in their own self-interests."
"I mean, if you think about it, you know, what is strength? Strength isn't somebody that just gets their dander up every time, you know because they feel they have such a lack of self-esteem, they feel..."
"Oh, certainly. I mean, I guess to the extent that, you know, strength is what people perceive you have, and people look at him in the party and he is obviously the frontrunner."