And bad things can happen really quickly." "That is kind of the coolest thing for me, standing in the start, always being nervous.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"I don't think anything there was a surprise. What the assessment says is basically, things are catastrophically bad in Afghanistan, which is,I'd say, objectively true, but that things are not unsalvageable, that we can turn this around as long as we stay dedicated to the appropriate strategy and fully resource that strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22