Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

The way to do well is to do well.

It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.

If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.

You can have a broad popular democracy movement and have it end being taken over by the most vicious people and the result is you don't end up with free political systems or free economic systems, you end up with a handful of radicals controlling the country.

I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.