"Our emphasis in Canada for some time now,particularly since we extended our mission, has been the necessity of seeing the Afghan government accept and be able to handle greater responsibility for the day-to-day security of that country,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"I am convinced, from my conversations with General Stanley McChrystal and I'm grateful to him for the time he gave me there and even on the telephone since he understands the necessity of conducting a smart counterinsurgency in a limited geographic area,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26