03/15/2011
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"It is essential for the Department to demonstrate the most effective possible use of the resources that we are provided."
"Ambassador Burns would be the first Foreign Service officer to serve as Deputy Secretary in nearly 30 years."
"I made notes that you suggested the Taliban will persist in Afghanistan in one form or another."
"We need to work with the Afghan Government in order to make sure that those who wish to lay down their arms can in fact do so."