The situation is evolving and we do have some troops in the vicinity, ... At the moment, things are at an acceptable level. Some real estate has changed hands, but at the moment we see no threat to Americans. |
the sooner it is done, the fewer Iraqis that will be killed, the fewer Americans or coalition forces that will be killed. |
The Soviet Union is gone. The cold war is over, ... The deterrence strategy does need to evolve so that it's appropriate for the kinds of emerging threats to exists. |
The strategy is working, and we should stick to it, |
The stronger the interim government gets, the more effective the security situation in the country gets, the less likely that there will be substantial operations like this. But that's some distance off, |
The Sunnis have got to make a choice: Do they want to live in a society that's free? |
The task is to keep at it until Americans can go through their lives without fear, ... It is a marathon, not a sprint. It will be years, not weeks or months. |
The terrorists who are attacking our way of life do not have armies, navies or air forces. They do not have capitals. They do not have high-value targets that the typical weapons of war can go in and attack. |
The terrorists won't win. The Iraqi people will win, |
The test is who's going to outlast the other, and the answer is we're going to outlast them. |
The total size of the Afghan army is a subject that is under discussion, and very likely will continue to be under discussion for several reasons, |
The United Nations sat there for years with 16 resolutions being violated, so just as we've seen a pattern of behavior on the part of Saddam Hussein, we've also seen a pattern of behavior on the part of the United Nations, and only time will tell what it ... will conclude, |
The United States government is not going to make any arrangement with any other country that would in any way undermine our security agreement with Japan, |
The United States has a long relationship with the Philippines, ... Some time back, I signed understandings that we would provide some training and assistance to the Philippine government ... to deal with the terrorist problem that they have. |
The United States is not going to stay in that country and occupy it .... So we'll do our job, we'll do it well and we'll leave, |