[barker]

Allen is pretty decent in most of these hearings. I always forget his name though.

You'll remember it soon enough. Think he has been mentioned several times in regards to running in 2008.

[cyncooper]

Kerry's time is wrapping up.

Current policiy is growing the insurgency, not shrinking it.

What do you intend to do to fix this.

Said as statement.

Rice: Iraqis understand the opporunity the elections give them to address some of the divisions that indeed exist. Rice quite heartened to see some factions do not succumb to attacks by giving up but determined to become one Iraq.

Explaining how compromises work. We need to be patient, small steps. Often says the Iraqis or Afghans can't make as bad a compromise as early America did in 1789 when they declared her ancestors 3/4 of a man.