01/09/2017
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"Israel is not perfect, but neither is the United States and neither is any of the member nations of the United Nations."
"It would create more confidence among the Afghan population in the runup to the 2014 elections."
"Would you agree that the commitment of the U.S. and NATO allies to a presence might have an effect upon the smoothness of the transition?"
"I think there are two things that clearly underline Afghan interest in a continuing Western presence of some sort beyond 2014."