02/23/2015
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"no purely military strategy in Afghanistan will succeed"
"As President Obama said in his speech on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 'We must promote our values by living them at home--which is why I have prohibited torture and will close the pris..."
"The U.S. commitment to democracy and the protection of human rights is an intrinsic and indispensable aspect of our character as a nation."
"We know that Pakistan matters, not just because it is the location for the Afghan Taliban leadership."