The answer to the first question is usually YES. Give yourself a little piece of mind during this critical transition phase and pay for some good advice.
As we plan for the NATO Summit in Chicago and the next phase of the transition in Afghanistan, Japan is planning for a donor conference to sustain development there.
And thus I began phase two of my transition, which meant practicing being comfortable with the discomfort of negotiating.
And today, we agreed that as Afghan forces take the lead and as President Karzai announces the final phase of the transition, coalition forces will move to a support role this spring.
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"I do not get the sense that anyone, at this phase in the war and looking forward to the upcoming transition, is looking for radically new perspectives on the conflict on Afghanistan but rather someone who will execute the transition already envisioned by the White House, " Mr. Exum said.
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One of the major issues there is transition to the next phase in Afghanistan, and where -- what we want to see is the Afghans taking responsibility for their own security.
And here in Lisbon, I look forward to working with our NATO and our ISAF partners as we move towards a new phase, a transition to Afghan responsibility that begins in 2011, with Afghan forces taking the lead for security across Afghanistan by 2014.
And we agreed that even as we transition out of a combat phase in Afghanistan that it's important that we sustain our commitment to helping Afghans build security and continue down the path of development.
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And we may be at a point where we can work on a transition to a next phase of operations in the Philippines.
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During the first phase of the transition process carried out earlier this year, Afghan forces assumed control of seven cities and provinces.
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