Right now he has been so marginalized there is not a city under his control, … His militia has either melted away, or been either killed or captured.

It’s been a pleasure to become a part of this organization. I’ve had one of the friendliest receptions here that I can remember.

The tactical situation could be very different from what we suppose, … And so, I mean, you’re just going to have to be ready for lots of things.

I think in a sense we’ve lost a little momentum.

Troop levels are going to be what the commanders wanted and what they’ve asked for … So nothing has changed.

This is a win strategy, … In a sense, things are going well.

We did well in our first strikes, … But not perfect.

They are not the ones that have the initiative here. We have the initiative, … The opposition groups have the initiative. Just last night and the night before, we put in a couple more teams...

Who would have access to the DNA in the future? What if the company goes bankrupt? Would they actually sell the DNA commercially to someone else in order to make money?

It will have some effect, but over time they will replace people,

You know, you can never be perfect in a tragedy like this. You’d like to be perfect and be there the moment someone needs help. But as hard as these people tried and the states...

I think the plan is … is a brilliant plan and we’ve been at it now for less than a week, … We’re just about to Baghdad. Some of the biggest losses we have taken...

a complex situation that is not well-understood by folks who fought in Vietnam.

This ought to be condition-based, not timeline-based.

I’m convinced that we’re going to be able to identify a plan of work that may be possible to achieve during this interim period,

They and all who are participating in Operation Enduring Freedom are heroes,

My point was simply that the war on global terrorism is going to be a long one, and we need to adapt as our enemy adapts,

Release of these images will be portrayed as part and parcel of the alleged, continuing effort of the United States to humiliate Muslims,

I use the term irrelevant because at this point, they’re not going to be able to communicate with the people of Iraq; that will all be shut down, … They won’t be able to communicate...

Essentially, we have air supremacy over Afghanistan right now,

If terrorism wins in Iraq, the next 9/11 is right around the corner.

Our commanders did exactly the right thing in a timely manner,

It is integral to our ability to structure ourselves to be able to defend this country well into the future,

What we are trying to do is what we are trying to do throughout Iraq, is get Iraqis to help deal with this issue,

The sweep of this extensive complex continues again as we speak,

We may see some progress in that area here in the not-too-distant future, … (The Taliban) are unable to reinforce as they had planned on it. So that hurts them. We think they are trying...

We’ve got about 100 Iraqi force battalions that are equipped and trained,

It’s important the international community participate in Iraq,

It’s from this site where people were trained and where poisons were developed that migrated into Europe.

it will have some effect.

It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we’ve got troops in combat, because, first of all, they’re false, they’re absolutely wrong, they bear no resemblance to the truth, and...

Additional time in Iraq is going to cost us more money, … We are working those estimates right now.

you may have a regime; you may not.

The forces they have are exactly what Gen. Franks wanted, what all his component commanders agreed to, what he agreed to, what we all agreed to as we tried to put this plan together.

surely the next 9/11 would be right around the corner.

Now the number two person, the person that is his [al-Zarqawi’s] primary facilitator, the one that organizes things operationally, certainly in Baghdad, and has a lot of responsibility for the al Qaeda finances in Iraq,...

I think this is going to be a long, hard-fought conflict, and it will be global in scale,

Some of the troops that are withdrawing are actually going to re-arm and refit themselves and then perhaps go back into the area to finish the job, … Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

About 25 percent of them can do independent operations or operations with little help from coalition forces, but every week that number changes and goes up.

Obviously, any time you have detainees who will sacrifice their life to kill you or what you stand for, I mean, that’s the most dangerous type of individual you can have in your control,

We’re going to have to put these pieces together, … We have people that are working that.

an important message, I think, for the regime and the people of Iraq to understand: that this regime is gone.

Nothing was ever approved officially by anybody to the best of my knowledge that was not humane and in accordance with the Geneva Conventions,

We don’t know for sure that he’s there, but he’s been there before, … Late Edition.

The most important thing we have … right now in this kind of conflict is our will and our resolve.

Well, that’s obviously a very big worry. … We are probably, I think without question, the country that is most dependent on information technology. So we know we have those vulnerabilities.

This plan, and our thrust, and our major attacks, and the way it will unfold will be at a time and a place of our choosing. The one thing you can count on is that...

The Marines are obeying the cease-fire, but they’re being fired upon. They can return fire in self-defense, which they do, but they’re trying their best to follow the rules of the cease-fire,

Some of the biggest losses we have taken are due to Iraqis’ committing serious violations of the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions by dressing as civilians and luring us into surrender situations...

That is not how the American military acts or should act, … And it’s really a shame that just a handful can besmirch maybe the reputations of hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and sailors,...