Richard Holbrooke: “We assess that it is on track to improve security, transparency, and accountability for the upcoming parliamentary…”

I want to underscore the core difference between Vietnam and Afghanistan-Pakistan. And it is 9/11.

We are spending the money you've authorized for us to create a justice system which can cut into the Taliban's propaganda about corruption and lack of a justice system.

The success or failure of reconciliation efforts will be linked directly to the success of the military operations.

The reason we consider it one of, if not the, highest strategic priority of this administration is because they directly threaten us.