Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time people talk and…

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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...

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...

But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more...

But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment...

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment...

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.

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...

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...

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces...

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.