08/18/2008
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"We fully recognize that there has to be political progress and economic progress, along with military progress, in order for that government to succeed."
"We're all interconnected in this world."
"It's important to serve the community in which you live."
"I firmly believe that historians would look back on that decision to withdraw, and say: 'What happened to them in the year 2007?'"