Our projects and priorities in Kandahar must end in 2011. That has already been planned for. We are working on the Dahla dam and on the schools. As for the transition, we now know that an additional 17,000 American soldiers will be arriving. That will be finalized later. This is not the time to begin the transition, because we still have two years before the 2011 deadline. We are focusing on our objectives for 2011.
On March 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.