General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?

We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is.

Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.

We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead.

Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.