01/26/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"We are accepting increasingly greater risk to execute our assigned missions."
"The key strategic pieces are the GIRoA's ability to demonstrate its legitimacy to the Afghan people."
"It's incontrovertible right now that the second attack, the one on the annex, was one that was premeditated, it's one that was a terrorist-coordinated attack."
"I, and other senior defense leaders, have been clear and consistent in saying that resource reductions will have a significant impact on operations."