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.

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

I learned early on that if you don't want your memos to get you in trouble someday, just don't write any.

My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . [in] weeks rather than months.

There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government.

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

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