So, These Political Activities Will Create Friction

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.

Well, The Hardest Thing To Do, As We Know From Our Own Experience On 9/11 Is Protect Everything All The Time.

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.

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.

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.