Ronald Neumann
Ronald Neumann
Ronald E. Neumannis an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Bahrainand Algeria. He is the son of former ambassador Robert G. Neumann and traveled extensively after college in Afghanistan while his father was ambassador there. Both he and his father served in diplomatic posts in Afghanistan precedented only by one other father/son pair, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams who both served as Ministers to Britain. He pronounces his last name Newmannand his...
absolutely allied confront doubt maintain military states united
I have absolutely no doubt we will maintain the United States and allied military capabilities to confront any challenge.
agreed goals lay useful
It would be useful to lay down an internationally agreed set of goals, benchmarks.
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These expectations of the people will have to be met. What the election does is give the Afghan people a new channel to voice their opinions and demands.
people
These expectations of the people will have to be met,
agile force
We have to keep a force that's agile enough to back up NATO.
What you have here is already so much better,
advance democracy road
significant ... advance on the road to democracy.
absolutely candidates chance people stop stopping
There are people who will try to kill candidates and who will try to stop the election, ... They will fail. They have absolutely no chance of stopping this election.
afghan army-and-navy believe secure
We have more Afghan police, more Afghan army, more American army, more international forces. I believe we will have a secure elections,
believe people vote
Ultimately, you want people to believe in the system. The whole thing makes no sense if people don't believe that their vote counts.
clear community define next piece steps
It's very clear the international community is still solidly here and the next piece we have to do is to try to, in a post-Bonn conference, define a little more sharply what the steps need to be,
certainly difficult elements situation trying violence violent
There is certainly more violence and there are violent elements trying to come back, ... I think this is a situation that will probably be difficult for some time.
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When you think four years ago Taliban were here, women were being stoned to death at halftime at football games, now you have women running polling centers and women voting and men voting and, I think, each one voting for some of the others as well.
pakistan thousands troops
Pakistan is doing a lot more than they were doing, ... They have put thousands of troops on the border. ... I think this is a considerable effort. It is going in the right direction.