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“It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.”

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But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

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Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and…

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

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And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.

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The United States is the most powerful nation on Earth and it just can't walk away from the Middle East and central Asia and…

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Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete…

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

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But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling.

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We need to make it very clear to the Iranians, the same way we made it clear to the Soviet Union and China, that…

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And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which…

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The power to prevent violence is a power that no police force seems to have anywhere in the United States.

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So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

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