By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

As President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet at the White House Friday morning, big questions about the future of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan will be on the table.
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The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has given more than $1 million to institutions run by an Islamic charity that is on a U.N. terrorism blacklist and affiliated with a group the U.S. considers a foreign terrorist organization.
Ms. Felbab-Brown said the U.S. does "need to continue to provide military assistance after 2014, but we also need to focus far more on emphasizing the need to improve governance in Afghanistan."
Delicate diplomacy as Obama and Karzai talk Afghanistan future →
"Good governance needs to be elevated to the level presently enjoyed by the military effort," she said.
Delicate diplomacy as Obama and Karzai talk Afghanistan future →