So I think for all of those reasons, I think following General McChrystal's recommendation makes a lot of sense."

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

"Whether or not they blame Karzai for that personally, I think that there is a general sense among significant parts of the population that it may be time for a change.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

"I think he ought to do what General Petraeus did and that is decide on exactly the number he needs and we debate it and the president makes the ultimate decision,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

But,I think in general it will be very,very well received," The U.S.is placing great importance on improving relations with Egypt and with veteran Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, after tensions during the Bush Administration.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

"Our target audience originally was high school students, but I think it's also the general public, people who are interested in science in general, and we certainly have had tremendous feedback from both groups.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

"I think,in very general terms, in the last year or two, that the strident public criticism and denunciation rom the outside has also been a factor and has in my view has been something of a mistake,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

I think there's at least and I'm not going into any specifics but I think there's at least some chance of a modest acceleration But,because of the way General Odierno sees things going, that remains to be seen,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

So I think we need to devote the resources to try to be successful," The general says the U.S.and allied effort also needs to have a significant political and economic component, and that a strong,credible government must emerge from the current election process.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

"But I do think that in general we have seen a shift from, for lack of a better term, professionalized terrorist operations to those that are conducted by not exactly amateurs, but folks with less training and less capability generally, technical capability."

VOA: standard.2010.05.05