We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

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

As far as Zarqawi is concerned, there is a network of extremists; it's not just Zarqawi.

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

Capturing any member of any terrorist cell or any insurgent cell that we may happen to come across is always very, very valuable, and the thing that interests me is that in most instances after a time people talk and they tell us what they know.

We've got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government.

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