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On a trip to Afghanistan . Admiral

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James Stavridis , the Supreme Allied

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Commander , Europe , met with regional

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command southwest leadership that Camp

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Leatherneck , January 18 he was updated

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of ongoing operations . Met with

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representatives of the Helmand

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provincial reconstruction team and

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visited the Joint Security Academy .

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Southwest Stavridis says 2011 marks the

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beginning of the transition process to

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hand over security to the Afghan forces ,

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but notes that it won't be easy . Well ,

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I'm cautiously optimistic about the

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future of Afghanistan . It's because of

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the good work of our folks all over

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this country , but it's also because of

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the great work of the Afghans . It's

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the Afghan national Security Forces

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here . We're partnered with the 2/15

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Afghan core . We've got a terrific

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interagency team going on and we are

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going to be able to move out very

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successfully by training the Afghans

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and transitioning two afghan security .

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I'm confident we'll do that . 2011 is

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going to be a tough year . There's

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going to be combat . We're going to

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take losses but it will be a year in

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which we start Transition process that

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will conclude in 2014 . He also says

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Isaf forces face a combination of

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different challenges . I think it's a

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combination of a resilient enemy , a

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combination of working with the

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civilian population that faces

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corruption and governance challenges .

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But I don't see any challenge here in

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Afghanistan that we can't overcome by

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training the Afghan security forces

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protecting the people of Afghanistan

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working closely with our friends and

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allies . Taking an inter agency

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approach reporting from Camp

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Leatherneck Afghanistan . I'm Staff

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Sergeant Phil Grandin