There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the weapons of mass destruction in that country.

Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.

I don't do quagmires.

I would not say that the future is necessarily less predictable than the past. I think the past was not predictable when it started.

NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.

We are in the process of trying to liberate that country. And at the moment where the war ends and the coalition forces occupy the areas where those capabilities - chemical and biological weapons - are likely to be, to the extent they haven't been moved out of the country, it obviously is important to find them.

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.