04/19/2010
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"You look at some of the speeches of Secretary of Defense Gates. He has talked about how civilian casualties have been a major obstacle, for example, in winning the support of the Afghan people."
"I think your testimony here today will probably come to their attention, and you may be able to get the meeting. We will help you on that."
"I want to thank the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and all the Leahy Fund partners of the past 20 years that have made it what it is and for what they have done to help."
"But what I need from you, and I make this as an open offer to you and to Lloyd, if there is support you are not getting--financially or anything else--from Congress, tell me. And I will work to get it..."