My point was that removing Saddam should not have been our highest priority. Fighting terrorism should have been our number one concern, followed by the Palestinian peace process.

Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

Russia right now is searching for its soul. It's trying to figure out what it really is.

I think above all, what we need with Iran is patience.

The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.

But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.