11/13/2011
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"I have serious reservations about the sustainability of the Afghan security forces."
"We know that we face long-term challenges as well."
"The expansion and professionalization of Afghan security forces allow us to recover the remaining 23,000 U.S. surge troops by this fall."
"I did not see an improvement over the 5-year lapse that I had been, 2006 to 2011. I saw deterioration."