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signed john R Allen , General United

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States Marine Corps Commanding since

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the earliest times , banners or other

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symbols to identify themselves . My

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intention to maintain the momentum of

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this campaign . This great campaign on

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which we have embarked . I will

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continue to support in every way

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possible . The recruiting , the

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training , the preparation and

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equipping and the fielding and the

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employment of the Afghan national

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Security Forces . Maybe

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wrong . That's

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and not . Yes , I think it's an element

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of Afghan forces are steadily

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stepping forward and assuming greater

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responsibility for security tasks Now

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leading the way in more than 20% of

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this targeted special operations in

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particular , including all of those in

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Kabul province . Okay .

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Mhm . Uh huh .

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Yeah . Mhm .

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Mhm .

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They've been pushed out of sanctuary .

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They've been denied influence over

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local populations . They've been

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hounded and they've been hunted , their

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leaders killed or captured by the score ,

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their resources diminished and their

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training disrupted . Truthfully , I

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can't imagine a better final position

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than that of commanding um

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the sons and daughters , the men and

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women in uniform and the civilians of

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the largest number of countries in a

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coalition in history . Again , it's

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just an extraordinary privilege and to

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work with so many great afghan

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courageous afghan patriots and other

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international diplomats , development

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experts , non government organization ,

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personnel and so forth . It's really

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been obviously one of the highlights of

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my career and in a wonderful

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culminating position in uniform General

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Petraeus , thank you very much for

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joining . Thanks very much for joining

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us on NATO tv the first time I

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went to bat uh the announcer , you know ,

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who was another kid , couldn't

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pronounce Petraeus . And so he said

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peaches now at that David , but peaches .

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So , and I looked I had little peach

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because , you know , and I looked a

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little peaches and it stayed with me

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for years and actually stayed through

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West Point .

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Okay , Okay . Yeah .