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Is there a pattern? Certainly, in recent weeks three helicopters have gone down. Nothing has been ruled in or out in any of those three cases yet.
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As we have already said, the troop reduction will be based on conditions, and one of the important conditions is this election, which will be the latest in a series of political developments.
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The next step in the process is that the president will decide whether or not he's going to send it to the Congress as is,
assessment result
In July, he had one assessment. He has an assessment now that could still result in what he said earlier, it could result in no change, it could result in more.
looking might needed procedures
We're always looking to see if there are modifications that might be needed to the procedures
adversary continues deadly develop precise
We see an adversary that ... continues to develop some sophistication on very deadly and increasingly precise standoff-type weapons.
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You guys really want the definitive answer and so do we. The difference is, that takes understanding facts, and we have tried to uncover facts over the last week.
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We'll have a lot of flexibility to be able to let the forces stack on top of one another during the rotation (of troops in and out of Iraq) so that we can have a greater capability during key points.
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We're not trying any harder or less to find bin Laden than we've been doing since 9/11. It's a tough problem, and we have a lot or resources dedicated to it.
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We altered the rotations of units during the January election. And I think it's perfectly plausible to assume we'll do the same thing for this election,
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We're going to take a look at the entire scope of our responsibilities in the Department of Defense and determine what is it that we can or should be doing better, differently, more of, less of.
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We're getting more intelligence that's allowing us to stop more of these things, find more of them. So we're learning from them (the insurgents) and the enemy is learning from us, and it's going to be that way for as long as there is an insurgency.
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The overall level of Afghan and coalition security forces in the country is growing.
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The fact is we said we'd proceed on commissions. Hicks is up. And we're going to proceed. And if we're asked not to proceed or ordered not to proceed (by a court), then we won't. That's the plan,