We have to figure out how to manage risk without being overly adverse to risk.
There seems to be a new awareness that this is not just America's fight, and I'm very encouraged by that.
I think that they certainly understand that having an unstable, destabilizing Afghanistan that offers launching grounds and training for tho...
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 ...
Secretary Clinton, there is much talk of building capacity or fostering economic development in Afghanistan, though the administration has i...
If we work with [Karzai] in a more effective manner, we will get a better outcome from him.
We have been trying to not only get a handle on the contracts, but trying to persuade contractors to employ more Afghans.
At its core, our strategy is about providing breathing space for the Afghans to secure their own people and to stabilize their own country.
Secretary Gates has been one of the best advocates that DOS and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have for increasing ou...
This is the best way to protect our Nation now and in the future.