But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity.

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Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen...

Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen...

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be...

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in...

But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in...

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 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 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...

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...

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni...

It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni...

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...

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.

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...

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...