06/08/2009
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"According to recent ISAF figures, there are now estimated to be 113,000 trained Afghan National Army soldiers and 109,000 persons trained for service in the Afghan National Police."
"What is the current level of dedicated funds, and how long can the American people sustain this level of funding, in your estimate, after our troops have left?"
"I'm hopeful that our government will begin to work with the Afghan Government on what would be called a business plan."
"But in Afghanistan, there is not that kind of promise."