My problem is that I am perhaps too much of a democrat for this time of the country's life. If you need a dictator, then go to the Afghan people. Let them elect a dictator. I am not one of those.

Now if the poppy income for Afghanistan is between $2 billion to $2.5 billion, when it reaches international markets it reaches $50 billion. So where is the re…

I am burning out. When I feel burned out I am immediately reminded of Frost's great poem: 'The woods are lovely, dark and deep/ But I have promises to keep, an…

My job here is to try to move forward, keeping this very delicate jar of the Afghan peace process and reconstruction and institution building in my hands throu…