04/12/2010
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"More than 8 million Afghan children are now in school, eight times as many as in 2001."
"I do not share that view. More importantly, neither do the Afghan people."
"It is a critically important item that Senator Blumenthal has been raising."
"What you are asking for is very reasonable in terms of this additional $26 billion just for defense and $56 billion overall for defense and non-defense."