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I think that the President decided and I agreed back in 2009 that if we didn't have a significant enough presence we would have one-off CT victories, but we would not change the momentum of the Taliban and we would be facing a situation that would have been very difficult for us to control.

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Clinton discusses the importance of U.S. presence in Afghanistan to combat the Taliban.

06/22/2011

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