English is my second language
But

Harry Reid said:

"I believe, myself,
THAT
The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense - and you have to make your own decision what the president knows,
That this war is lost and that the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday"
The Senator did not say that he believes that the war is lost, only that he believes what the other two, possibly three, know.