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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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"I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes."
Leadership
"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."
Environment
"Our forces will not be on the sidelines."
Will
"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."
People
"But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for them to participate in the economic and political future of the country and certainly in the security life of the country."
Life
"It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq."
Cause
"Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them."
Fashion
"But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate."
Work
"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."
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"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."
Building
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