George Casey
George Casey
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I think we'll open up with a good price. What's a good price I don't know.
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It got down to about 20 degrees by 4 a.m., but judging by the amount of ice we laid down, it looks like we got through okay. But it was a very long night.
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I think that's entirely possible, senator, ... I mean, as we've looked at this, we've looked for the constitution to be a national compact, and the perception now is that it's not, particularly among the Sunni.
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It is important for the American people to understand that we should not be afraid of this fight, ... This is a tough fight. Their armed forces members are committed to this. The Iraqis are committed to this.
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Over the past several months, I have received reports of serious physical abuse of detainees by ISF (Iraqi Security Forces).
I can tell you, Congressman, it's all going to be conditions-based,
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We are fighting with them side by side on a daily basis, improving their capabilities day by day, ... We are measuring this very carefully, and we're not going forward with this capriciously.
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what you are seeing is a change in tactics to more violent, more visible attacks against civilians and that is a no-win strategy for the insurgency.
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I would not say necessarily as forceful as Senator Levin just put it,
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The referendum on the constitution and the elections at the end of December are the most important aspects of what we're doing now.
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the possibility for condition-based reductions of coalition forces still exists for 2006.
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We do not have a timeline or milestones that directly tie the draw down of coalition units to numbers of Iraqi battalions,
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We've looked for the constitution to be a national pact, and the perception now is that it's not.
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We have built enough Iraqi capacity where we can begin talking seriously about transitioning this counterinsurgency mission to them,