[In Washington, thousands of people marched in remembrance of the attacks and in tribute to troops fighting overseas.] I wish we could say ... that we were gathering today to commemorate a danger that had long since past, ... But we cannot. The enemy, though seriously weakened and continuously under pressure, continues to plot attacks, and the danger they pose to the free world is real and present. |
[Neither Rumsfeld nor Arroyo would give details of their discussion. Arroyo said she would like U.S. military equipment] if that's what is needed to make the partnership more efficient, ... Those are the kind of things that need to be discussed and see what makes sense. |
[On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the Northern Alliance has] effective control ... there are pockets of resistance within the city that continue. |
[Rumsfeld said victory would best come as part of a military coalition led by the United States.] ...Iraq should be a single country and not broken up into pieces, ... ... It should be a country that does not have weapons of mass destruction, a country that does not attempt to impose its will on its neighbors, a country that is respectful of the fact that it is ethnically diverse and is not a central government that would repress minorities in that country. |
[Saddam's regime became expert at hiding banned weapons even amid] an inspections environment in that country, ... They had a very long period to hide or do whatever it is they wanted to do with those capabilities. |
[Some parts of the administration have been slower to reach this point than others. In the midst of the May attacks, Vice President Dick Cheney famously said that the insurgency was in its] last throes. ... Insurgencies tend to go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years. Coalition forces, foreign forces are not going to repress that insurgency. We're going to create an environment that the Iraqi people and the Iraqi security forces can win against that insurgency. |
[That] is why we're using them, to be perfectly blunt. |
[The new government] would be an Iraq that would be for the Iraqi people. It wouldn't be a regime determined from the outside of Iraq, ... nonsense. |
[Though many Americans failed to take communism seriously, the United States and its allies] showed perseverance and resolve, ... Year after year, they fought for freedom. They dared to confront what many thought might be an unbeatable foe. And eventually, the Soviet regime collapsed. |
[U.S. officials said they had] credible reports ... the reports I've received seem authoritative. |
[While cautioning that Operation Iraqi Freedom was still far from over and] there's a lot more fighting that's going to be done, ... a very good day. |
A big issue, of course, is counter-narcotics, |
A growth in China's power projection understandably leads other nations to question China's intentions, and to adjust their behavior in some fashion. |
a large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks. |
a lifeline to terrorists. |