| 00:00:00 | SIMPLYUNREALISTIC. |
| 00:00:01 | AGAIN, I WOULD ECHO GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL. |
| 00:00:04 | IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE GET IT RIGHT THEN WE GET IT FAST. |
| 00:00:07 | THAT GOES FOR KANDAHAR AND THE WAR ITSELF. |
| 00:00:11 | IT IS TIME FOR THE PRESIDENT TO STATE UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT WE WILL STAY IN AFGHANISTAN UNTIL WE SUCCEED. |
| 00:00:18 | WE NEED TO BEGIN OUR REALISTIC DEBATE ABOUT WHAT IT WILL TAKE AND HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. |
| 00:00:25 | AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH OUR WITNESSES. |
| 00:00:29 | THANK YOU, MR. |
| 00:00:31 | CHAIRMAN. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR MCCAIN. |
| 00:00:37 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING ME HERE TO TESTIFY TODAY. |
| 00:00:41 | I LIKE TO GIVE YYU AN UPDATE ON RECENT PROGRESS AND REMAINING CHALLENGES IN AFGHANISTAN. |
| 00:00:47 | AS YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF KEY REFINEMENTS TO OUR STRATEGY LAST SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING THE DEPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL U. |
| 00:00:57 | S. SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN. |
| 00:01:00 | TODAY, OVER 18,000 ARE DEPLOYED AND THE REMAINDER WILL BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER. |
| 00:01:05 | OUR OWN TROOPS WILL BE JOINED BY OVER 9000 INTERNATIONAL TROOPS, APPROXIMATELY 60% IN PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN AND MORE WILL COME IN THE COMING MONTHS. |
| 00:01:18 | CURRENTLY THE MAIN OPERATIONAL EFFORTS FOR ISAF AND OUR PARTNERS CCNTINUES TO BE THE CENTRAL HELMAND VALLEY AND KANDAHAR. |
| 00:01:33 | WE PROTECT THE POPULATION AND FOSTER AFGHAN GOVERNANCE. |
| 00:01:38 | SO FAR I BELIEVE WE HAVE BEEN MAKING GRADUAL BUT IMPORTANT PROCESS. |
| 00:01:45 | THE INSURGENCY IS CONTESTED IN MORE PLACES AND WITH MORE FORCES. |
| 00:01:49 | THIS INSURGENCY IS BOTH RESILIENT AND RESOURCEFUL. |
| 00:01:53 | IN APRIL AND MAY, WE SAW THE INSURGENCY RESUME IN MUCH OF CENTRAL HELMAND. |
| 00:02:01 | NONETHELESS, MUCH OF THE NATURE IS INDICATING A POSSIBLE REDUCTION IN SOME OF THEIR OPERATIONAL CAPACITY. |
| 00:02:07 | FOR EXAMPLE, THE PERCENTAGE OF COMPLEX ATTACKS, THHSE DEPLOYING MORE THAN ONE MEANS OF ATTACK, HAVE STEADILY DROPPEE SINCE ITS PEAK IN FEBRUARY. |
| 00:02:18 | THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF CASUALTY IS BELOW 2009 LEVELS. |
| 00:02:24 | THE SHOW INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO REPORT ITT'S AND INSURGENT WEAPONS CACHES, |
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