"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

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt that, that hopefully things will turn around a little bit,

在没有足够证据质疑之前，我还是信任他的。希望事情能有所好转，

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that by the time I graduate, things will turn around significantly.

到我毕业的时候，境况能够大有好转。

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