"Very encouraging, I think they've made a lot of significant progress especially in command and control and the quality of their Kandaks and their efficiency."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

"Overall,I am very pleased with the progress that we have made.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

"So far,we have had a constructive conversation and my hope is that by the time the chairman and I meet on Wednesday that we have made sufficient progress and we can start actually seeing a structure that would be in place."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"If we get to the summer of 2011 and people do not feel that we have made real progress, then I do not think there is an appetite here - or an appetite in the U.S.- to say, 'Well let us have another go and another go.'

VOA: standard.2010.08.04