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  1. Tweeps: Do we think this speech is really about Afghanistan? Or about Obama as war president?
  2. Obama: "Why our troop commitment in Afghanistan cannot be open-ended – because the nation that I am most interested in building is our own."
  3. Obama rejects Biden plan: "To rely only on efforts against al Qaeda from distance would significantly hamper ability to keep pressure on AQ"
  4. RT @kalsoom82: The US & Pakistan share a common enemy - you best tell that to Pakistan then.
  5. Obama promise to Pakistan: "America will remain a strong supporter of Pakistan’s security and prosperity long after guns have fallen silent"
  6. Obama message to Pakistan: "we cannot tolerate a safe-haven for terrorists whose location is known, and whose intentions are clear. "
  7. How do you judge? Obama: "We will support Afghan Ministries, Governors, and local leaders that combat corruption and deliver for the people"
  8. Obama: "Addtl troops will allow us to accelerate handing over responsibility to Afghans, begin transfer out of Afghanistan in July 2011."
  9. Obama: "stakes even higher within nuclear-armed Pakistan, bc we know al Qaeda, other extremists seek nukes, we believe they would use them"
  10. Obama: "We must keep the pressure on al Qaeda, and to do that, we must increase the stability and capacity of our partners in the region. "
  11. Imp note: RT @kalsoom82: No differentiation in Obama speech between Afghan and Pakistani Taliban.
  12. Obama: "#Afghanistan is not lost, but for several years it has moved backwards."
  13. Obama: "Taliban has begun to control swaths of Afghanistan, while engaging in increasingly brazen acts of terror against Pakistani people"
  14. How can you begin withdrawing so long before even the Afghans admit they won't be ready to take charge of their own security?
  15. good piece by @jaketapper: "era of blank check is over" for #Afghanistan president: http://bit.ly/4NsMlJ
  16. Aryn Baker: "For reintegration to work #Afghanistan needs to have a govt worth fighting for. So far it does not." http://bit.ly/7sc1v1
  17. @strickvl yup. Was down all over apparently for a few hours...
  18. @stewartupton thanks
  19. To the Afghan tweeps: is anybody's mobile phone working? Roshan seems to be completely down...
  20. Hm. What do we think is behind Gordon Brown's criticism of Pakistan over al Qaeda -- 60 hours before Obama speech? http://bit.ly/5f23VX