06/08/2009
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"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."
"Afghanistan is not lost. But for several years it has moved backwards."