11/09/2011
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"To hold the territory, there has to be a holding force, or they'll come back."
"If you want to be safe against radical Islam, you need to be in their backyard so they're not in our backyard."
"I think it's the single biggest mistake I've seen since I've been here."
"If the Iraqis were to ask us to stay, it would be my opinion that that would be a good decision for us."