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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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'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...

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.

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

Our forces will not be on the sidelines.

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...

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...

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...