04/29/2009
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"Improving governance, creating economic opportunity, supporting civil society, is vital to solidifying our military gains and advancing our political and diplomatic goals."
"As the President said last night, the United States is meeting the goals he set for our three-track strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan."
"The bottom line, as the President said, is that we have broken the Taliban's momentum."
"I think what the President has decided now, which I also agree, is that we have made substantial progress in reversing Taliban momentum and now we have to see how sustainable it is by relying on the A..."