"There has been some progress towards the strategic partnership agreement that's been under discussion, " Mr. Carney said.
But today, with the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement, we look forward to a future of peace.
The negotiations were completed in recent weeks, and the documents of the Strategic Partnership Agreement went to the Presidents for their review.
Instead, the Strategic Partnership Agreement commits Afghanistan to provide U.S. personnel access to and use of Afghan facilities through 2014 and beyond.
The Strategic Partnership Agreement that President Karzai and I signed in Kabul ensures that as Afghans stand up they will not stand alone.
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And the Strategic Partnership Agreement that we're signing, the very important piece of business that we accomplished today, is a part of that effort.
Lindsey Graham and Sen. (Joseph) Lieberman, worked on the strategic partnership agreement, and it's important that we send the message to friends and enemies alike that the United States has a long-term commitment to Afghanistan.
Karzai offered his thanks to the American people for helping Afghanistan, and the presidents shook hands after signing the Strategic Partnership Agreement in the atrium of the King's Residence, part of the Presidential Palace in Kabul.
Again, I'll wait for my colleagues here to brief on the SPA. What I will say is that the Strategic Partnership Agreement that we reached today was something that we negotiated for 20 months with the Afghans.
And so the Strategic Partnership Agreement, this NATO Summit, are all part and parcel of a shared vision that we have in which Afghanistan is able to transition from decades of war to a transformational decade of peace and stability and development.
In fact, we were able to negotiate very complex issues like the transfer of detention facilities to the Afghans and the transition of special forces operations to the Afghans in the context of those very difficult and tragic circumstances, and then close out the Strategic Partnership Agreement.
Negotiations over the broader strategic-partnership agreement have snagged over the transfer of U.S.-run prisons and over Afghan demands that the U.S. halt night raids.
He went to the palace to sign a Strategic Partnership Agreement, which has been 19 difficult months in the making.
Announce intension to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Partnership Agreement (TPP) during 2011 and take speedy action to conclude an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
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France does have a strategic partnership agreement with the Afghans so we fully expect that France will continue to be a supporter of Afghanistan, of its government, into the future.
President Obama traveled to Afghanistan today to sign an historic Strategic Partnership Agreement between the United States and Afghanistan, as well as to visit with our troops and to thank them for their service.
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