01/05/2009
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"The status quo is not sustainable."
"It is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan."
"Look, the problem is we don't have an easy option in Pakistan. We can't just go in there. It's a sovereign nation. We have to work with them. We have to cooperate."
"But the key here, Anderson, is, this is actually something that Obama does talk about in the speech."