Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

And over time, I think, as Iraqi security capacity builds, you'll see American and coalition presence there decline.

Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them.

You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.

Everybody needs to understand that I learned Arabic from the United States Army as a second language. I never spoke it at home.

But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.