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20 of 30 of the afghan taliban and al qaeda and their associated forces top leaders have met their justice. so we are going to keep the heat on, even at the end of this draw-down, still talking about 68,000 of the worlds finest fighting force maintaining that pressure on the taliban, so we dont think they will wait this out. the longer they wait out, the more afghan national security forces we can train and then it will be the afghans fight to take to them. they dont have a lot of good options. ...

Making on behalf of your security, on behalf of my security, my familys security, and to them, we are deeply in debt. now, as it relates to what president karzai said, the president asked him to clarify that yesterday and he suggested that perhaps he was misquoted. he came out today and gave a much more, as you suggested, much more positive expression of appreciation to our troops and their families. we think thats more in line with the kind of sacrifice our troops have made and ultimately thats...

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