We need a strong cadre of Americans in our government, military, business, civil society, academe, and beyond who have the right skills and experience to help America stay connected with the world and shape outcomes that secure our national interests.
Eikenberry emphasizes the importance of humanities for global engagement and national interests.
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Our strategic objective inside of Afghanistan and Pakistan is to disrupt and eventually defeat the international terrorist networks that still threaten our homeland.
It's essential that the Government of Afghanistan has a capable army that is able to reach throughout the country.
There is a balance here. It's the absence of a coherent state of Afghanistan that paved the way for the rise of the Taliban and then facilitated the entry of al Qaeda.
Success for all of us in Afghanistan, of course, is the point when the Government of Afghanistan is able to provide for the security of its own people.