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"We've seen some disappointing aspects to the security situation," said [David Emerson]. "On the other hand, all the briefings that I'm getting, both from our civilian people and our military people, are that we're not going backwards."
"We want numbers that tell us when we're doing things right. We want numbers and benchmarks that will tell us when we're doing things not so well," said Emerson. "We'll be rolling that out with some serious technical briefings over the next few weeks.""We had a number of discussions around initiatives that the government of Afghanistan is taking to deal with the corruption issue," said Emerson who verbally tiptoed through the issue that has plagued all levels of the Afghan government. "I certainly offered on Canada's behalf our strongest support to help them deal with the corruption issue across a broad range of regions and areas where work needs to be done as part of the comprehensive solution."See the full content of this document
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200 More Soldiers for Afghanistan
Expected to arrive in winter
By Graham ThomsonKANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- About 200 additional Canadian troops could be headed for Afghanistan to accompany the helicopters that the Armed Forces plans to deploy to the troubled country, Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson said Saturday at the end of a whirlwind visit."Ca...See the full content of this document
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