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Stop backing mubarak. what side is the u.s. on? mubarak or the people in the streets? >> well, there's another choice. it's the egyptian people. we are on the side as we have been for more than 30 years, of a democratic egypt that provides both political and economic rights to its people. that respects the universal human rights of all egyptians. and that is the message that every ambassador, whether republican or democratic, president, everyone has conveyed for over 30 years. what happens is truly up to the egyptian people. and what the united states is doing is sending a very clear message. ...

And the second is how do you grow a national army of 400,000 if you include national police in a country that does not have a tradition on of a national army? i asked general petraeus and general mcchrystal a year ago what was the largest national army that the afghan knees had before this. the answer was 80,000 to 90,000. those are two huge unknowns. we are a little bit prisoner of the unknowns in terms of moving to the point where we can move our people out. we need to reach the point to move the people out. we should not be an occupying force in that part of the world. >> let me read that o...

This is a process that takes time. it will demand courage and resilience. we will encounter increased violence as our combined security forces expand into taliban-controlled areas. increasingly, the momentum will shift to the afghan forces. over time, security responsibilities will transition to afghans. seeing clearly the challenges in front of us, i have confidence that our campaign plan will succeed. thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon. i'd like to offer some brief comments myself to complement those of my friend and partner in afghanistan over many years, general stan mcchrystal. like ...

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Their spring offensive sunday, killing an afghan police chief and two other officer. now, in past years, spring has marked a significant upsurge in fighting between the taliban and nato forces, along with their local allies. it's also a key test, as the international coalition is scheduled to hand over security responsibilities to afghan forces next year. meanwhile, though, a new report exposes tens of millions in ghost money that's flowed from the cia to the offices of afghanistan's president. according to "the new york times," these secret bags of money are dropped off every month to buy inf...