Subject: SOTU and Afghanistan
From: Caroline Wadhams <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Eryn Sepp <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:07:08 -0500

John,

I am going to give you credit for the way that the President talked about
Afghanistan last night -- I thought he had the right tone -- not emotional,
lowering the stakes of BSA, offering long-term support, and making
President Karzai more irrelevant.  Seems like it was received well in
Afghanistan, who especially appreciated the "unified" adj in there and here
with Afghan analysts. Of course, more on the election would have been
great, but given the waters the President has to navigate here and abroad
with this, I thought it was about the best he do.  Thanks for being a voice
of reason!