I hear a lot of talk about civil war. I'm concerned about that, of course. And I've talked to a lot of people about it. And what I've found from my talks are that the Iraqis want a unified country and that the Iraqi leadership is determined to thwart the efforts of the extremists and the radicals.

Our goal in Iraq is victory. Our goal is for a young democracy to be able to sustain itself, govern itself, and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war on terror.

Either well succeed, or we wont succeed. And the definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not no violence.

I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race.

In spite of the fact that at times I would challenge parents authority. They provided unconditional love.

It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce.

Russia's most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you've got a lot of it. It's going to take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain.