have actually done a pretty remarkable job considering the hand they were dealt. |
He is his own thinker, ... He is for progress [and] certainly doesn't want a theocracy. |
He thought it was not at all tied to the article in the magazine. |
He will not be the head. He may have a role to play, but that vetting has yet to take place, ... This Week. |
He's a safe driver, he doesn't miss church much, he's friendly. |
How can I ignore the expert opinion of General Myers, who is concerned with the safety of his troops? |
I don't see issues with either of those that would tell me that North Korea is on a different footing today than they were, let's say, 30 days ago, |
I don't think that would be one of our options. |
I don't think this committee or the American public has ever heard me say that things are going very well in Iraq, ... This is a hard struggle. |
I think in a sense we've lost a little momentum. |
I think the plan is ... is a brilliant plan and we've been at it now for less than a week, ... We're just about to Baghdad. Some of the biggest losses we have taken are due to Iraqi's committing serious violations of the law of arm conflict and the Geneva Conventions by dressing as civilians and luring us into surrender situations and opening fire on our troops. So this is a plan that is very well thought out and will play out as we expect. |
I think this is going to be a long, hard-fought conflict, and it will be global in scale, |
I use the term irrelevant because at this point, they're not going to be able to communicate with the people of Iraq; that will all be shut down, ... They won't be able to communicate within certain parts of Baghdad. |
I'm convinced that we're going to be able to identify a plan of work that may be possible to achieve during this interim period, |
I'm looking forward to working on things rather than just holding down this spot while the search goes on. |