Let me remind you that General Hillier and General Natynczyk, the two chiefs of staff that we had, had only praise for that group. When they communicate with representatives of the Afghani government—even now as we are visiting—they remind us that this team has some tremendous accomplishments. Far be it from me to say that they failed; instead, I would say that they had great success.
On March 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.