Morale Is Good; Troops Are Confident; Leaders

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

We've Got To Ensure That The Quality And The Capability Of These Forces Will Be Good Enough To Withstand The Challenges That The Insurgents And The Terrorists Will Present To The New Iraqi Government.

Oh, The Transition Concerns Me Because As We Move Towards An Important Political Event, It's Clear To Me That The Terrorists And Insurgents Will Move As Hard As They Can To Disrupt This Process.

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.

We'll Try To Include Iraqi Officers In Our Staffs. We Will Do Everything We Can To Empower Iraqi Security Forces To Stand Up On Their Own And Operate Where They Can Alone.