You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move.

Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villians. I'm down to Castro and Kim Il Sung.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.

I understand that and I have had very candid discussions with Saudi leaders in the past. I respect their culture and their heritage and their traditions, but I think that they now, as they move forward, will have to start examining these traditions and these practices to see whether or not change is appropriate.

My own experience is that you get as much information as you can and then you pay attention to your intuition, to your informed instinct.