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“With Hillary Clinton as our commander in chief, our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction. I also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture and they will not be engaged in murder or carry out other illegal activities.”

John R. Allen

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There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

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And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement…

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The best thing I ever did was give my family everything I could.

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I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.

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There are problems in the world today.

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We dont want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming…

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You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.

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We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan,…

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Donald Trump has no credibility to criticize me or my record or anything that I have done. If he had spent a minute in…

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I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.

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