01/12/2009
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"more Afghans can get into the fight."
"Just as we have done in Iraq, we will execute this transition responsibly, taking into account conditions on the ground."
"We are looking to NATO and our other partners to send a parallel international message of strong resolve."
"We will not repeat the mistakes of 1989, when we abandoned the country only to see it descend into civil war."