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"Success in Afghanistan is at the root of winning the global War on Terror and is the key to America’s long-term national security. General McChrystal’s report makes it clear that it will take more resources to prevent al Qaeda and the Taliban from re-establishing safe havens and continuing to plot against the United States, and that failure to secure Afghanistan will result in the reconstitution of terrorist cells. I support the decisions made by the generals and the commanders on the ground and I urge the President to adopt this strategy."