06/10/2009
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"It may be necessary for congressional action to make it clear to the Afghan Government that, if there is backsliding, the Administration is not going to be able to save them in negotiations."
"If the Taliban were to come back to power, the reality for Afghanistan's women and girls, I think, would be devastating."
"I have repeatedly demanded the Taliban release of Mark Frerichs."
"There is no military solution to what is now a 4-year conflict in Afghanistan."