“It's going to be all the instruments of our national power with our friends and allies. And the fact that it could last several years or many years or maybe our lifetimes would not surprise me, ... This Week.”
“Some of the biggest losses we have taken are due to Iraqis' committing serious violations of the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions by dressing as civilians and luring us into surrender situations and opening fire on our troops.”
“While it's a sad day for those who were killed, and their families and their friends, we continue to be optimistic about the situation on the ground in Iraq.”
“We know there are going to be times that our forces have been shot at, U.S. and coalition forces have been shot at from time to time and we're going to take some casualties, unfortunately,”
“We did have a tragic death last night, but that I don't think has anything to do with the situation. The situation continues to get better over here. We're thinking very seriously about moving into stability operations in most of the country.”
“This morning, unfortunately, we saw the challenges that Iraqi citizens are up against. We saw horrific car bombs of the worst kind, attacking innocent men, women and children,”
