The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

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

The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.

I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.

Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full

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