We know that some of the Taliban will not renounce al Qaeda; they are too closely interconnected.
I think that they certainly understand that having an unstable, destabilizing Afghanistan that offers launching grounds ...
There seems to be a new awareness that this is not just America's fight, and I'm very encouraged by that.
We have to figure out how to manage risk without being overly adverse to risk.
We think that's a likely outcome in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, that we will be there with a long-term commitment.
We have worked very hard with our Pakistani counterparts to explain that we have a long-term commitment to Pakistan; we ...
We believe we can.
I think it is unfair to paint with such a broad brush the President and Government of Afghanistan.
We have to bring the Afghan security forces into the fight.
As President Obama stated in his December 1 speech at West Point, our overarching goal is to disrupt, dismantle, and def...
Karzai is under tough international pressure to clean up corruption in his government.