06/17/2009
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"Our goal is not to build a country in America's image or to eradicate every vestige of the Taliban."
"Today I signed a historic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries."
"Today, I signed a historic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan that defines a new kind of relationship between our countries, a future in which Afghans are responsible for the security..."
"Not only were we able to blunt the Taliban momentum. Not only were we able to drive al Qaeda out of Afghanistan, but slowly and systemically, we have been able to decimate the ranks of al Qaeda."