From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the legislative process, sausage-making and policy-making shouldn't be seen close-up. Don't let that panic you. Things may be going better than they look from the inside. |
Georgia ... is a staunch friend of the West. |
Georgia, of course, is a staunch friend of the West and we welcome the acting president's commitment to hold free and fair elections. |
Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem, ... But you look at vast numbers of other countries in Europe. They're not with France and Germany on this, they're with the United States. |
Given the war on terror, we will be doing something even more egregious, and that is we will be providing force protection on bases that we do not need. |
Given their geography and situation, I thought that meeting with the leadership there would be a good thing, |
going to be beaten eventually. |
Good luck to you, |
good one for the country. |
had a plan that would have gone up above that had it been necessary. |
had been made generally aware that the Justice Department had an investigation going on. |
Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring lines to the outside world - family, friends, neighbors, people out of government, and people who may not agree with you. |
have been involved in training and to my knowledge, that's what we're still doing. |
have concluded we're at a point where we clearly have moved from major combat activity to a period of stability and stabilization and reconstruction activities. The bulk of this country today is permissive, it's secure. |
have demonstrated their determination to kill themselves, kill others, and/or escape. |