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To recover the aircraft and investigate exactly what happened. and i can't speak for all the countries in the region, but i can say that the united states and other partners have found the malaysian government eager for assistance, have been fully forth coming with us in terms of the information that they have, and, you know, this is a joint effort. it's not easy. we don't know all the details of what happened, but if, in fact, the plane went down in the ocean in this part of the world, that is a big place. and it is a very challenging effort and laborious effort

Goal, which is counter terrorism. those 50 al qaeda operatives that are believed to be in the country. and that number could grow if afghanistan spirals back into a greater state of violence and lawlessness if the united states and its allies aren't successful there. it's an effort aimed at trying to deny the terrorists by trying to focus on good governance. trying to go and root out corruption. trying to train civil servants. trying to engage in reconstruction and development. it's a very broad based, very laborious effort. and one that's moving in fits and starts. it's not going as well as s...

Counter insurgency campaign that's aimed at a fairly narrow goal, which is counter terrorism. those 50 al qaeda operate ibs that are believed to be in the country. and that number could grow if afghanistan spirals back into a greater state of violence and lawlessness if the united states and its allies aren't successful there. it's an effort aimed at trying to deny the terrorists by trying to focus on good governance. trying to go and root out corruption. trying to train civil servants. it's a very broad based, very laborious effort. and one that's moving in fits and starts. it's not going as ...

To deny the terrorists by trying to focus on good governance. trying to go and root out corruption. trying to train civil servants. it's a very broad based, very laborious effort. and one that's moving in fits and starts. it's not going as well as senior military officials would hope. certainly some of the high profile efforts this year in southern afghanistan have been taking much longer to generate traction than officials had been wanting. >> peter, what do you think victory is going to look like. pennetta said he thinks the u.s. is winning when you look at undermining al qaeda leadership. h...