There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like.

I said, going into Iraq, "We've got to take threats seriously before they full materialize." I saw a threat. I fully believe it was the right decision to remove Saddam Hussein, and I fully believe the world is better off without him.

"Statesman" presumes I'm out there giving opinions all the time about things, and no, I'm not interested in opining on a lot of subjects.

Now the Taliban will pay a price.

It's important to take risks.

Thats why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.

I believe in the universality of freedom and therefore want to be involved in the freedom movement.