Certainly Our Goal Is To Leave Iraq,

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.

But As We Move From This Period Of What Many Iraqis Regard As Perceived Occupation, We Need To Move Towards One Of Partnership.

You Know As Well As I Do That Counterinsurgency Is A Very Nuanced Type Of Military Operation.

Clearly The Secretary Of Defense, My Boss, Would Like Nothing Better Than To Get Osama Bin Laden And To Get... To Ensure The Complete Defeat Of Al-qaida, Because We Know That Al-qaida Is Planning Operations Against The United States Even As We Speak Here.

Certainly Our Goal Is To Leave Iraq, But We Can't Leave Iraq With Our Forces Until We Know That The Iraqi Security Forces Are Capable And Efficient Enough To Defend The Sovereignty Of The Nation.