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We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.

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Susan Rice
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
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Susan Elizabeth Rice
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