Alice Wells: “we are ready to help meet India's defense needs and we are seeking a very different kind of defense partnership”

we are concerned by a policy of predatory lending, unsustainable loans

The agreement cannot be based on trust. It has to be based--conditions based and where we have confidence through verification.

the ultimate goal is a political settlement that stabilizes Afghanistan and denies sanctuary to those who threaten us.

This is not a blank check, that we need to help Afghanistan shift from a donor economy to a private sector fueled economy.