We think it would be a mistake to set a specific date, at least most of us do. On the other hand, we believe it's essential that we change course in a number of directions in order to improve our chances of Iraq becoming a success. |
we're there as long as we are needed. |
We've either got to fix it or drop it and look for another mechanism. |
We've got to be willing to take a good hard look at ourselves and not leave all these gaps. |
We've got to hope that he will take steps to end the stress on the forces, because this force is under huge stress, ... He's seen firsthand that mistakes have been made. He could forcefully decide that he's going to speak out and speak up. |
What I'm looking for is a change in the system that gives two states such a huge impact on who is nominated, |
what kind of hands-on management is that? |
What the president presents is a false choice between staying the course and cutting and running. Just staying on the same course we're on is not the way to proceed in Iraq. The course has been too violent. There have been too many American casualties. |
What we do is leave that up to the court if it finds that there's coercion. |
When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years. |
Where he is placed is a matter of professional decision by the Secret Service and others and something that is properly in their hands and not in my hands. Whatever decision is necessary for his and the nation's safety, I'm for. |
Where was the breakdown? |
Whether we find weapons or we don't find weapons, the allegations, with certainty, that there were weapons of mass destruction, imminently available and would be used by Saddam Hussein, was based on intelligence which seems to me ... was exaggerated, ... Nothing I saw on this trip changed my view of the troubling nature of that evidence. |
Whether we find weapons or we don't find weapons, the allegations, with certainty, that there were weapons of mass destruction, imminently available and would be used by Saddam Hussein, was based on intelligence which seems to me ... was exaggerated. Nothing I saw on this trip changed my view of the troubling nature of that evidence. |
While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis. |