I'll tell you what they're all going to face, whichever one of them becomes president on January 21st of 2009. They will face a military force - a United States military force that cannot sustain - continually sustain 140,000 people deployed in Iraq and the 20-odd or 25,000 people we have deployed in Afghanistan and our other deployments.

Sometimes what my analytical mind says to me is not what I'll do.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades, well known to everyone, that is essential to protect our national security, and frankly, the security of our friends in various regions of the world. It is part of our collection system.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.