01/14/2009
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"There is probably no problem in that region that can be addressed by a single country, or working just with a single country."
"If you look at General Mattis's biographical statement, I count, I think, at least 12 different levels of command in his career, which is really an extraordinary career."
"I hope we can count on having this Wartime Contracting Commission make another visit soon into Iraq and come out with an idea on the contracting side of how this is going to look like."
"There are no circumstances--none--in which we should put our people unreasonably at risk, where they cannot take actions in order to protect themselves."