It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq.

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

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

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

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

So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence.

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.