If you guys and everybody keeps the pressure on, we can hang onto everything we've gained over the last year to 18 months, we can expand the security bubble beyond that . . . We have succeeded in stopping the Taliban's momentum . . . but we've just kind of turned that corner and I think we need to keep the pressure on.
Gates emphasized the need for continued pressure to maintain security gains in Afghanistan.
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I think the only thing I would've said is that a lot of this could've been done sooner.
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