You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.

I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad.

To bring the worst of the worst terrorists inside the United States would be cause for great danger and regret in the years to come. It is recklessness cloaked in righteousness, and would make the American people less safe.

The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes.

I think, in fact, the situation with respect to al Qaeda, to say that, you know, that was a big attack we had on 9/11, but it's not likely again, I just think that's dead wrong. I think the biggest strategic threat the United States faces today is the possibility of another 9/11 with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind. And I think al Qaeda is out there even as we meet, trying to figure out how to do that.

[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target.

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.