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Khazei, who seeks to fill the position vacated by the late Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy ‘54-56, outlined his 10-point plan for Afghanistan, which recommended returning to the original mission of destroying Al-Qaeda terrorist organizations, slowly recalling troops, establishing a timetable to transfer power to the Afghani government, and focusing on the threat posed by terrorist organizations as well as nuclear arms development in Pakistan...
Khazei said that over time, the U.S. has strayed too far from its mission of fighting Al-Qaeda terrorism in Afghanistan, damaging relations overseas, and hurting its citizens domestically...
...under house arrest. He and his family returned to China in exchange for U.S. pilots captured during the Korean War. In China, Qian used his skills to promote and organize scientific bodies as well as develop the missile programs that laid the groundwork for China's first manned space mission in 2003. But he remained bitter over his treatment by the U.S. "It was the stupidest thing this country ever did," said former Navy Secretary Dan Kimball, according to Iris Chang's 1995 biography of Qian. "He was no more a Communist than I was--and we forced...
...maintains his support for the pair, “the point of the UC isn’t the election—the point of the UC is actually doing advocacy work and working on our projects...officially signing on to a staff list takes away from actual mission...
...difficult for the U.S. to turn the civilian population into reliable allies. Given the limits of U.S. control on the ground and the expectation that, sooner or later, like the Russians, the Americans will leave, many ordinary Afghans see little incentive to risk their lives in supporting the U.S. mission...