In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had an established relationship with al Qaeda, and his regime is no more.

We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power.

Don Rumsfeld is the finest secretary of defense the nation has ever had.

I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.

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

I'm often asked why I left politics and went to Halliburton and I explain that I reached the point where I was mean-spirited, short-tempered and intolerant of those who disagreed with me and they said 'Hell, you'd make a great CEO', so I went to Texas and joined the private sector.

The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratic regimes friendly to the United States.