12/09/2013
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"I believe that the establishment of Afghan sovereignty, by which I mean enabling Afghans to exercise self-rule through Afghan institutions that can provide their own security, governance, and revenue-..."
"It is the President, as Senator Lugar said, who must show the way."
"This is not winnable by military means."
"This will allow the drawdown. It requires, in my view, three other components."