08/02/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"I think everyone would agree with this--was to get al-Qaeda, to stop al-Qaeda, to squelch al-Qaeda."
"This is a problem that one could characterize only as a Rubik's Cube on steroids."
"No amount of troops in no amount of time will ever be enough to completely achieve success in such a fight."
"It validates our adherence to a counterinsurgency approach."