We never get what we need on the nonkinetic side of the equation.

Your appointment represents a devastating critique of the national security apparatus of this White House.

These are magnificent young men and women that are doing the job of soldiering in the United States Army, but they can only take so much.

the cancer is militias, both Sunni and Shia.

Do you see any progress on that front? If there is not progress on that front, how do we address the needs of reconstruction?

I think there's a serious, serious danger here going forward indefinitely that those types of tours and the effects will accumulate.

You mentioned ethnic cleansing.

One of the issues I think that's been unintentionally prompted by the surge is I am told that the requirements for reset have had to be deferred.

the effect of our operations or the perception of our operations at least initially would be that we are conducting generally attacks against Sunni forces.

Can you give me an idea of the ongoing tempo for reset funding going forward?

He has needed help for 2 or 3 years and it has not arrived.

the insurgency it is a Sunni insurgency.

Even Prime Minister Maliki told me that some of these ministerial forces are worse than the insurgents.

I don't think we have everything we need.

That is likely to accelerate or decelerate, regardless of what we do?

The question is, where are these translators coming from?

We seem to be pushing quite close to that 6-month window.

General, that situation has existed before this surge. I find it hard to believe that you would give as your best advice to this committee that the differential, probably 40,000 troops in terms of doctrine, is going to be made up by…

I have seen reports, news reports, that were broadcast by al Zawahiri, that basically suggested that, they see us as being trapped in Iraq.

One of the persistent problems is the inability of non-DOD elements to complement the increased forces, military forces, with civilian actors.

I just fear that you're going to be placed in an impossible situation.

I think if the President was really serious he should replace Mr. Hadley, appoint you as a civilian, not as an Army officer.

It's not what we're doing, it's what the American people are doing. They have listened for 3 years, and they have formed very strong conclusions.

I wish you success because the lives of a lot of young Americans are in your hands.

I don't think that's a very good assumption, since we have never gotten that, in the last 3 years.