My administration will be more supportive of the good works done here than any administration in the history of this country because I understand the power of faith, that faith can change lives.

I'm not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because I live in America, where it's nice and safe and secure.

I wanted to come to Washington, D.C. and help be a transformative President. And I think history, when they look back, will say this is a fellow who knew how to make decisions, and made some tough ones, stood by them, wasn't driven by the latest opinion poll, but was driven by some core principles from which he would not deviate.

I'd like to see stability and a unified Iraq. A young democracy will provide the stability we look for. I will tell you that if we just isolate ourselves from the Middle East and hope for the best, we will not address the conditions that had led young suiciders to get on airplanes to come and attack Amerika in the first place.

That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is fired.

The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got.

America needs a military where our breast and brightest are proud to serve.