We have to find the origin of the problem. The origin of the problem in many African countries is that you've got state bureaucracies which are too bloated.

If our commanders on the ground say we need more troops, I will send them. But our commanders tell me they have the number of troops they need to do their job. Sending more Americans would undermine our strategy of encouraging Iraqis to take the lead in this fight. And sending more Americans would suggest that we intend to stay forever, when we are, in fact, working for the day when Iraq can defend itself and we can leave.

People shouldn't read into venue locations someone's heart.

But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in.

I think we're making progress. We understand where the power of this country lay. It lies in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay in our pocketbooks. It lies in the willingness for people to work hard.

Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.

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