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The think piece on Afghanistan posted to the front page of our web site this moring, Alternatives to war in Afghanistan by David Cortright of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, says:
It's very similar to the advice Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y., offered to retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, the national security adviser. With the Obama administration reviewing U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hubbard -- the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace -- wrote to Jones about the church's experience in Afghanistan, through the work of Catholic Relief Services on agriculture, water, income generation, education and health.
The approach of CRS, the U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency, "exemplifies how long-term efforts can lead to sustainable development and contribute to improved security," he said.