David Price actually said...

"There is just so much at stake in the faltering and struggling Afghan democracy surviving this period."

"I wonder what lessons we have learned by virtue of these freezes and now the attempt to unfreeze some of these programs."

"I am encouraged by your assurance that the aid that the previous administration stopped is now starting up again, and I encourage you to do that with respect to projects that had been approved and wer..."

"I hope you are right that the diplomatic presence can continue and will be effective and will offer substantial incentives for the maintenance of the gains that the Afghan people have made."