03/03/2009
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"We have to overcome that. We gradually are. Our whole strategy is to protect the public, to show them that we are not there to dominate."
"A primary objective of our effort in Afghanistan is to strengthen Afghanistan's government and security forces."
"the idea that NATO has not carried out their commitments and they've only fulfilled 10 percent of their commitment as of the time we were there is, frankly, startling, shocking, and unacceptable to me..."
"I think it was the first time he had ever been asked, yes."