It's the only tool the enemy really has left in order to be able to take us on and cause casualties, ... And when we defeat that one method, it's over.

Right now, we're just short of 160,000, ... That's sort of the baseline figure that we think we'll probably see all through the election period.

It is not an organized army per se.

If you look at it from the insurgents' perspective, they know our history, just like we study them.

We have seen it in some instances, ... It's spotty.

It's analogous to adult parole. He's still subject to supervision and conditions applied by the court.

Historically it's been hard.