We are on the ground with them. We are providing airstrikes against targets that our U.S. service members on the ground with the opposition forces are able to identify as proper targets, and we are...

only a small number of Iraqi security forces are taking on the insurgents and terrorists by themselves.

Marines are very good at fighting, … And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he’ll have what he wants.

Tell it like it is.

A bullet goes through skin even faster than white phosphorus does,

They absolutely did the right thing, … The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

To each of the families who have lost a loved one, I don’t know how you find the right words to tell them how much we appreciate and respect the sacrifice that they have made,...

Today’s tactical victory does not guarantee tomorrow’s strategic success.

If they are physically present when inhumane treatment is taking place, sir, they have an obligation to try to stop it,

We do know that one of our planes dropped bombs on that convoy, and that’s all we know right now,

[The secretary recoiled in mock horror.] Sorry, sir, … I’m not trainable today.

Marines are very good at fighting… And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he’ll have what he wants.

That said, there are more overall IED attacks by the insurgents, and we are working on that problem,

It does includes a call-up of reserves, it does include land forces, it does include the Navy and Air Force with their capabilities to participate,

You judge military threat in two ways. There’re lots of countries in the world that have the capacity to wage war. Very few have the intent to do so. And clearly, we have a complex...

From 8,000 miles away… I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.

They tried to warn the vehicle to stop, … It did not stop.

Those targets were attacked by AC-130 gunships and by fighter aircraft from the carriers. And the compound from which they left, the command and control compound from which they left, was also struck,

We have been able to concentrate a great deal more of our aviation in support of the opposition forces,

I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the Armed Forces of the United States are well served by a saying...

I do not think a civil war will erupt in Iraq. What is important here are the decisions of the Iraqi people.

None of those sources any more show us that he is still alive, … The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer.

There’s no doubt in my mind, in talking to him, that if he could pick his words more carefully, he would,

I can tell you categorically that any mal-treatment of any detainees by U.S. forces or coalition forces is totally unacceptable – that our orders have and will continue to be that we will treat everyone...

We made a very thorough analysis of that recommendation, and when we got done all the chiefs agreed with the commanders in the field that the numbers of the troops in the field then, as...

This enemy is very, very real, … And the sacrifices we made, although very dear, are, in fact going to be looked upon by future generations as, again, a great generation of Americans.

We’re going to do exactly what we said we’re going to do, which is make the assessments of situations on the ground.

There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle… There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.

Before we come to the Congress of the United States and ask you to spend more money on more people, we need to make sure we are properly using the assets we have,

I was in every meeting with the joint chiefs. I was in every meeting with the combatant commanders. I went to the White House multiple times to meet with the National Security Council and with...

We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.

He sees it as a battle between good and evil. He sees it as the evil being the acts of individuals, not the acts of any religion or affiliation with any religion,

Surrender your forces and give yourselves and your troops the opportunity to be a part of Iraq’s future and not a part of Iraq’s past.

Between the increase in armor and the changes in tactics, techniques and procedures that we’ve employed, the number of attacks IED attacks that have [killed or wounded troops] has gone down.

We do not have a plan that specifically says we will be down below 100,000 by the end of 2006. What we have is a plan that allows us to keep what we have today...

The bottom line is that after we defeat the armed forces of Iraq, that we will want to and need to provide stability throughout that country.

There’s also no doubt in my mind that he does not see this battle as a battle between religions.

Iraq and Afghanistan will, over time, become stable. But the War on Terror will continue long after Iraq and Afghanistan have had success in standing up their own governments.

It doesn’t mean he’s dead. But he’s not visible publicly, and he’s not been seen or reported to have been seen by anybody.

What the secretary said,

I have to use the word ‘insurgent’ because I can’t think of a better word right now.

The last three times that that general has been in combat, when he was leading Marines in Afghanistan and the two times that he led his division in Iraq, his actions and those of his...

But the intelligence that we gathered at the time indicated to us that this was in fact leadership, and we struck the leadership, as we will do next time we get that kind of intelligence,

to what level they were visible or reviewed.

From 8,000 miles away … I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

We’re going to position ourselves militarily to be able to take the appropriate, decisive military action if that’s called for, but at the same time trying to create the atmosphere with military forces that will...