"I don't think anything there was a surprise. What the assessment says is basically, things are catastrophically bad in Afghanistan, which is,I'd say, objectively true, but that things are not unsalvageable, that we can turn this around as long as we stay dedicated to the appropriate strategy and fully resource that strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

To make it as short or as long as seems appropriate.

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"The BOJ will pursue powerful monetary easing by maintaining virtually zero interest rates and purchases of financial assets as long as it deems appropriate, " the statement said.

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"Wearable blankets are completely appropriate in place of a blanket, " he says, as long as the size is appropriate and it doesn't result in overbundling, which overheats infants and increases the SIDS risk.

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