You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.
Westerners know the difference between a talker and the real deal. If Rick Perry wasn’t right to be governor of Texas, why should he be president?
I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad.
The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.
Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual – America sees two John Kerrys.
In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That’s my job.
We haven’t really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We’ll find ample evidence confirming the link, that is the connection if you will between al Qaida and the Iraqi intelligence services. They have worked together on a number of occasions.
What we did in Iraq was exactly the right thing to do. If I had it to recommend all over again, I would recommend exactly the same course of action.
I can’t think of a time when we’ve had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.
Let us rid ourselves of the fiction that low oil prices are somehow good for the United States.
The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part.
I have not seen Al Gore’s movie.
It’s a tougher program for tougher customers.
Principle is OK up to a certain point, but principle doesn’t do any good if you lose.
That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it.
As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.
Everyone knows that you’re not really a real man unless you own a gun.
In our own country, we take democratic values seriously – and so we always have a vigorous debate on the issues. That’s part of the greatness of America, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
I think the decision that’s been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.
I think it’s fair to say you can’t predict a straight line to victory. You know, there’ll be good days and bad days along the way.