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I think what impressed me most was the

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fact that there's tremendous um

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coordination , synchronization , common

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purpose going on in this campaign a

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year ago , there were lots of parallel

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efforts in the same direction , but

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they weren't well integrated this year .

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We have real integration across not

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only the civil military lines but also

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with our Afghan partners and they are

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increasingly taking the lead in a

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number of areas . I think the main

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thing is that um there's a common sense

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of goals and a time horizon really

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looking to 2014 as the point where we

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can transition to Afghan lead

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responsibility in security in

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particular , but across a whole host of

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areas , but to keep enduring support to

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make them successful over time . So I

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think that a longer time horizon , the

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strength and endurance of the

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commitment that came through very

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strongly in the conference . It's

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really beneficial to have all the key

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stakeholders from Afghanistan across

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the international community is a

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Washington , have a chance to spend a

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couple of days intensively , not

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distracted by other things to really

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work through the issues and make sure

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we're all on the same page and we're

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doing the most we can to make sure

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we're successful . How do we