I think it's fair to say you can't predict a straight line to victory. You know, there'll be good days and bad days along the way.

I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.

Two days ahead of schedule, the world witnessed the arrival of a free and sovereign Iraq.

That intelligence capability is enormously important to the United States, to our conduct of foreign policy, to defense matters, to economic matters. And I am a strong supporter of it.

We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed - something no one expected and anticipated. And you could sit there and see and be aware that thousands of people were at that moment being killed as a result of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States.

I do not believe the President requires any additional authorization from the Congress before committing US forces to achieve our objectives in the Gulf.

We must be prepared to face our responsibilities and be willing to use force if necessary.