And the more that the Afghans can take responsibility for security, the less our coalition forces will be needed in the longer term, and the sooner our troops will come home,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

"Our emphasis in Canada for some time now,particularly since we extended our mission, has been the necessity of seeing the Afghan government accept and be able to handle greater responsibility for the day-to-day security of that country,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16