08/15/2004
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"the Karzai government has not been as enthusiastic about decentralization as we have been"
"President Obama, I think, in that national security order, talked about July 11 being the date for an accelerated transition."
"somehow, now we've gotten ourselves to the position where we're not talking anymore about an accelerated transition to an Afghan-led operation in July 2011; we've now moved to 2014."
"It is absolutely urgent that civilian assistance that has been pledged by the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill should not become the casualty of these strains in the relationship."