I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

One of the good things about the way the Gulf War ended in 1991 is, you'd see the Vietnam veterans marching with the Gulf War veterans.

Extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different - and perhaps barren - outcome.

At Odessa we became Texans, and proud of it.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

Draconian limits on economic growth and on the use of the automobile should not be necessary in order to give Americans clean air at levels they are willing to pay for, but it will require significant Federal, State, and local leadership and innovative approaches from government and industry.

We have ...drawn a line in the sand.