It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

NATO is built on security, but it's also built on values.

Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.

There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.

When people see the terrible scenes of violence on television, when we mourn the death of each and every American man and woman in uniform or a civilian that's killed in Iraq, that it's hard to see the progress that's being made and it's hard to believe that this is all going to come out for the better.

It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.