01/14/2009
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"If you look at the political support today, with statements that are being made by the Prime Minister and others in support of the military's action against the Taliban, we've never seen anything quit..."
"We do not want to see the Pakistani state threatened with the advance of the Taliban."
"It is not the administration's policy to engage with Hamas."
"That's just unacceptable, and it's one of the reasons why we've had trouble pushing the agricultural agenda for Afghanistan."