05/20/2015
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"We have an historic opportunity to turn a country that's been isolated in history into an ally and can be a front-line defense against al Qaeda."
"It cost us a lot more to ignore Afghanistan than it has to be involved."
"Would you agree with me the capabilities that are beginning to be available to terrorist organizations are greater than they were before September 11?"
"Is it fair to say that our national security interests are not going to be judged in history by the day we left Afghanistan, but by what we left behind?"