09/19/2012
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"It's specific and it's set, as directed by the President."
"The President's plan emphasizes protecting the Afghan people consistent with the recommendations in General McChrystal's assessment."
"For the sake of our military men and women who are, or will be, deployed in harm's way, as well as the well-being of our Nation, we have to get the strategy right."
"That means recruiting of soldiers and police needed to quickly expand Afghan forces; it means serious anticorruption efforts; it means national reintegration and reconciliation policies, and retention..."