We have been trying to not only get a handle on the contracts, but trying to persuade contractors to employ more Afghans.
The unity of support that the people of Pakistan are showing for this effort is profoundly significant.
If we work with [Karzai] in a more effective manner, we will get a better outcome from him.
I do not believe we have locked ourselves into leaving, but what we have done--and I think it was an appropriate positio...
We know that some of the Taliban will not renounce al Qaeda; they are too closely interconnected.
I think that they certainly understand that having an unstable, destabilizing Afghanistan that offers launching grounds ...
There seems to be a new awareness that this is not just America's fight, and I'm very encouraged by that.
We have to figure out how to manage risk without being overly adverse to risk.
We think that's a likely outcome in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, that we will be there with a long-term commitment.
We have worked very hard with our Pakistani counterparts to explain that we have a long-term commitment to Pakistan; we ...
We believe we can.