Barack Obama: “We want a sovereign, stable, secure, peaceful, and economically viable…”

On the recordMay 11, 2010

We want a sovereign, stable, secure, peaceful, and economically viable Afghanistan.

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Joint Statement by President Barack Obama and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan

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