05/19/2015
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"I think you have to move with some expedition, because, again, the last time we were all here together visiting, we were talking about how much progress we were making in this global settlement."
"Secretary Mabus and Admiral Roughead, will this delay lead to any gap in capability?"
"It is absolutely critical to fund the defense budget going forward not in an ad hoc, every 60 days basis, but over a long period of time."
"The international community and Afghanistan cannot afford a force of 375,000 Afghan National Security Fund (ANSF) indefinitely."