11/01/2011
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"I think that they certainly understand that having an unstable, destabilizing Afghanistan that offers launching grounds and training for those who threaten them is not in their interests."
"We know that some of the Taliban will not renounce al Qaeda; they are too closely interconnected."
"I do not believe we have locked ourselves into leaving, but what we have done--and I think it was an appropriate position for the President to take--is to signal very clearly, to all audiences, that t..."
"Secretary Clinton, there is much talk of building capacity or fostering economic development in Afghanistan, though the administration has insisted that our efforts in Afghanistan do not constitute na..."