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Morale Is Good; Troops Are Confident; Leaders Are Capable.

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.

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.

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.

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.