John Kerry actually said...

What is necessary is a presence that puts Afghans in charge, pressing them to step up to the task, at the same time secures our interests an...

I think one threshold needs to be restated as we consider the options, and that is that it is fundamentally unsustainable to continue spendi...

the Karzai government has not been as enthusiastic about decentralization as we have been

somehow, now we've gotten ourselves to the position where we're not talking anymore about an accelerated transition to an Afghan-led operati...