"A new regime would have become the United States’ responsibility. Conceivably, this could have led the United States …"

"I think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing t…"

"There has been a good deal of comment — some of it quite outlandish — about what our postwar requirements…"

"I can't imagine anyone here wanting to spend another $30 billion to be there for another 12 years."

"I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are w…"

"...the importance of leadership and what it consists of: not lecturing and posturing and demanding, but demonstrating…"

"There's a lot of money to pay for this. It doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money. We are dealing with a country that…"

"There's definitely a rule in the Convention against humiliating prisoners and I'd have to see exactly the interview t…"

"We know that in Basra and in the other cities the people do not want to repeat the experience of 12 years ago where t…"

"This word 'imminent' keeps coming up. The President never said that there was an imminent threat."