Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.

There are problems in the world today.

I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.

I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.

One would think that if you're anonymous, you'd do anything you want, but groups have their own sense of community and what we can do.

The best thing I ever did was give my family everything I could.

We dont want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming - once again - a launching pad for international terrorism.