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10 February 2008

Stand and deliver

"Development and security go hand in hand," MacKay told the crowd in his home province. "Without security, there can be no humanitarian aid or assistance, no reconstruction, no democratic development."

"To suggest, as some have, that we can do one without the other is nothing short of pure folly and, in fact, it's dangerous."
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STUFF LIBERALS IGNORE:
"Improvements in medical care since the Taliban fell five years ago have led to a marked decrease in Afghanistan's infant mortality rates - 40,000 fewer infant deaths a year."
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