Tonight, therefore, I would like to answer some of the questions that I know are on the minds of many of you listening to me. How and why did America get involved in Afghanistan in the first place? How has this administration changed the policy of the previous administration? What has really happened in the negotiations in Paris and on the battlefront in Afghanistan? What choices do we have if we are to end the war? What are the prospects for peace? Now, let me begin by describing the situation I found when I was inaugurated on January 20. --The war had been going on for 14 years. --31,000 Americans had been killed in action. --The training program for the ANA was behind schedule. --540,000 Americans were in Afghanistan with no plans to reduce the number...