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"I'm not in the business of turning down jobs I haven't been offered."
  - Paddy Ashdown

"I can put a guy out on a ridge with an AK-47 and have him take a couple of shots. The Americans will shoot back with their big guns and disrupt the whole valley...Being an insurgent would be so easy."
  - Sgt. Jacob Stockdill

"All you have to do is not screw up, and, even if you do, you just blame it on the Americans."
  - Capt. Chris Rowe
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"Our exports to India have declined since over a decade due to the disturbed situation in our country. Now our exports to India are only around $30 to $40 million. We want to increase our exports to India and want to attract more of Indian investment, which is now flowing at the rate of $10 to $15 million."
- Omar Zakhilwal, president and CEO, Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA).

 

"I would say that if it happens, it'll be long after I'm secretary of defense."
- Sec. Robert Gates, on the plan to transfer all Marines from Iraq to Afghanistan
 

“The numbers are not that big, which, frankly, is one of the sources of frustration for me in terms of our allies not being able to step up to the plate and meet these needs. I am not ready to let NATO off the hook.”

- Sec. Robert Gates, before the House Armed Services Committee