Morale Is Good; Troops Are Confident; Leaders

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.

I Believe We've... We've Worked Very Hard With The Iraqis To Build A Better Place Ever Since The Fall Of Saddam's Government.

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 The Horn Of Africa.

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.

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.