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The western part of Pakistan, the lawless areas, are the epicenter of the issues that threaten our country.

We have ended poppy eradication, a radical change, because all we were doing by eradicating poppy seeds--poppy crops--was driving farmers--poor farmers--into the hands of the Taliban.

There's no Ho Chi Minh. There's no Slobodan Milosevic. There's no Palestinian Authority.

Why are we in Afghanistan? The short, simple answer is: 9/11, direct threats to our national security interests.