But things are beginning to look up. Carefully,cautiously, we can say that there is a break in the clouds,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

"I don't think anything there was a surprise. What the assessment says is basically, things are catastrophically bad in Afghanistan, which is,I'd say, objectively true, but that things are not unsalvageable, that we can turn this around as long as we stay dedicated to the appropriate strategy and fully resource that strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22