The growth in the economy is not going to families, ... It's in stark contrast to what happened during the Clinton Administration. |
The insurgents are thinking in terms of years. It took 10 years in Afghanistan to evict the Soviets. We're thinking in terms of months, and that causes problems, |
The military leaders will tell you this battle is not going to be won by military force, it's a political struggle like every insurgency, ... We can buy time and create an environment, but if you don't have the civilian experts, who can talk about reconstruction, political activity, education reform, then we're not gong to improve people's lives. |
The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security. |
The president noted that we helped Japan and Germany build democracies after World War II; he didn't mention that it took decades, really, to do that. The president stated that free nations defeated communism in the Cold War, but he did not mention that it took 50 years to do that. |
The struggle against these types of radical groups is going to be a long one, ... Using military force, we are containing them. But long-term economic and social progress, along with political reform, will discredit the radicals. |
There was inadequate planning, inadequate recognition of the problem at every level. |
There's a real danger today, if political leaders in Baghdad do not step up to the responsibilities, that they will become increasingly irrelevant to the people of Iraq. And that country will tip into sectarian warfare, which will essentially, I think, leave us with very few options in terms of continued presence of our military forces. |
They should have access [to detainees]. Maybe not complete access, but they should have access. |
This is a very expensive and long-term endeavor. |
Today's Census reports confirm that the Bush administration's economic policies have not benefited most working families. |
We are today, in this country, convulsed by the situation in Iraq. It is an extraordinary crisis. It is taxing our men and women in uniform, and it is certainly taxing our resolve. |
We ask these young men and women to sacrifice themselves, to give their lives, ... I believe it's part of that leadership of that department that the secretary of defense would personally write these letters, personally sign them at least. |
We can best honor the memories of those who were killed on September 11 and those who have been killed fighting the war on terrorism, by dedicating ourselves to building a free and peaceful world safe from the threat of terrorism. |
We have real questions about the size of our forces, whether an international division will be provided, what efforts are being made to engage multinational support politically, diplomatically, and militarily, ... Those questions remain. |