His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.

You really do think about it institutionally; this is your job, and to some extent you benefit from having a job to do at a moment like this. You have things that you have to make happen. And you don't have time for the emotional reaction that might otherwise occur if somebody was just sitting there watching these events unfold and had no responsibilities.

The issue is that [Saddam] has chemical weapons.

As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.

I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what we do as private citizens for ourselves and our companies. And our economy is essentially the wonder of the world because, in fact, it's produced so much for us over the years.

Everyone knows that you're not really a real man unless you own a gun.

We do know, with absolute certainty, that Saddam Hussein is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon.