Iraq has tremendous resources that belong to the Iraqi people. And so there are a variety of means that Iraq has to be able to shoulder much of the burden for ther own reconstruction.

The right thing to do is to let the dust settle.

I don't expect the press to say thank you for the efforts that I make.

The 2000s were marked by terrorism and a bipartisan desire to fight it.

There are certain times you rattle the press's cages, and other times you don't, and you have to be discerning about it.

If you are ever uncomfortable or are unsure of something, you attribute it.

It's so much easier to do press if you take positions that the press likes than to take conservative Republican positions.