We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government.

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We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can...

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can...

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the...

And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the...

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and...

Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and...

But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for...

But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for...

In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits...

In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits...

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11...

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11...

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan...

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan...

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be...

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be...

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of...

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of...

As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just...

As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just...

Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's...

Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it's...

Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama...

Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama...

But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work...

But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work...

It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as...

It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as...

Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable...

Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable...

I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that...

I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that...

But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people...

But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people...

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.

I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes.