This is an impressive crowd: the Have's and Have-more's. Some people call you the elites. I call you my base.

In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.

It's none of my business what somebody's [orientation is]. Now when somebody makes it my business, like on gay marriage, I'm going to stand up and say I don't support gay marriage. I support marriage between men and women.

The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.

That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and know those beliefs won't change.

The strategic objective is to help Iraq government succeed.That's the strategic and not only to help the government the reformers in Iraq succeed, but to help the reformers across the region succeed to fight off the elements of extremism.

I view my time in politics as a chapter, not my life.