John Kerry actually said...

the deployment of a single additional soldier makes all the difference, but a public debate that reduces a difficult mission in a complex region to a simple headline-ready number of troops does us all a disservice.

Context

Kerry emphasizes the importance of strategy over troop numbers in Afghanistan.

12/02/2009

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