like to ask you to respond to the article that was published in arm forces journal by lieutenant dan davis in which he said isaf leaders, presumably yourself, have been misleading the public about the degree progress made there. he said whereas compared to the rosie scenario that he hears, that he says there's been a lack of success. i think he said a lack of success at virtually every level in afghanistan. >> i read the arlt curveball. what i would say is this, it's one person's view of this from my personal point of view i do a lot of battlefield circulation, i talk to commanders and soldiers. i have assessments from others like my sergeant major i put on the battlefield virtually every week to walk with both afghan and coalition parts. so i take in a lot of data from any different places to determine my assessment to include a very objective detailed assessment we do every quarter. i'm confident that in my personal view that our outlook is accurate. i did read the article and i think that, as you read that article, i don't doubt what he describes in a sense -- for instance, his occasion

. >> i would like to ask you to respond to the article that was published by the to that dan davis in which she says that -- he says leaders have been misleading the public about the degree of progress. he says that there has been a lack of success on virtually every level. >> i read the article. of this. person's view from my personal point of view, i talked to commanders and soldiers. i have assessments from others that it on the battlefield that every week. i take in a lot of data to determine my objective. i am confident in my personal view that our outlook is accurate. i read the article. i think as you read the article, i do not doubt what he describes. there's the occasion of watching policeman in a departed area. i think those things happen. we have one that has doubled in size. what i would say is that we have to be very accurate about what we see. and what we understand the battlefield to be, but not treating it as we want it to be. i worked very hard personally at that. i also pay attention to the folks who perhaps disagree. i look for people that will argue with me. >> one

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