"I think that President Obama has taken very good steps immediately after he took office by appointing Senator Mitchell as a personal envoy, and he went there several times, and Secretary Clinton also went to the region, so we are seeing more than goodwill,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

"The reasons that we went to Afghanistan in 2001 are still the reasons we are there, that we are trying to protect the streets of Britain from al-Qaida and from the supportive work that could be done on their behalf by the Taliban both in Pakistan and Afghanistan,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10