We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.

I beat a brain tumor.

Separation of power says the judiciary committee is supposed to confirm qualified judges and then what the Supreme Court does, that is their function, not my function.

Lawyers advocate more so than state their own positions.

Whatever my party affiliation, I will continue to be guided by President Kennedy's statement that sometimes party asks too much.

Stability means respecting precedents.

The solicitor general is sometimes referred to as the 10th Supreme Court justice - a pretty important position.