Barack Obama actually said...

The United States welcomes the Loya Jirga's overwhelming endorsement of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA).

Readout of National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice's Meeting with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan

11/24/2013

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