Published 12/08/2009 - 1:20 a.m. GMT
"We are in Afghanistan to
prevent a cancer from once
again spreading through that
country. But this same cancer
has also taken root in the
border region of Pakistan.
That is why we need a strategy
that works on both sides of
the border." -- United States
President Barack Obama, speech
at US Military Academy at West
Point, December 1, 2009