03/19/2018
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"I wish that we didn't have national security interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is a very, very difficult place to work with."
"Trying to maintain some stability in Afghanistan... it is still very fractious and still very difficult."
"My view is we are in Afghanistan today for the same reason we were in Afghanistan in the fall of 2001, to prevent it from becoming a safe haven for terrorists for attacking us."
"Our outside experts sort of basically said that the strategy is sound. It is the implementation that is key."