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.

What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.

If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

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

The Cold War was a war, and we won it.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

After the German abstention at the UN, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle commented that Germany doesn't always have to stand on the side of its traditional allies. Berlin can look for new partners all over the world.