We're here to defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan and to enable the government of Afghanistan to extend its reach out to all of its people. And that is our primary focus. Now, if in the course of that we run across Osama bin Laden, we'd be very happy to roll him up and bring him to justice.
Colonel John Nicholson discusses the U.S. military's objectives in Afghanistan and their willingness to capture Osama bin Laden if encountered.
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