In his years in Washington, Senator Kerry has been one vote of a hundred in the United States Senate - and fortunately on matters of national security, he was very often in the minority.

I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.

I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right.

I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11.

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job.

We need, from time to time, to use military force or all of the resources at our command in order to defend the nation and defend our friends. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I think there are probably some who actually believe, if we just go talk nice to these folks, everything is going to be OK. I don't think the world works that way.

We have great information. They're going to welcome us. It'll be like the American Army going through the streets of Paris. They're sitting there ready to form a new government. The people will be so happy with their freedoms that we'll probably back ourselves out of there within a month or two.