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

There were tactical decisions that I wish I could have done differently: mission accomplished, not revealing my drunken driving charge prior to my run for the presidency, flying over New Orleans on Katrina and the pictures being released and people saying, "he's aloof and doesn't really care."

I believe that people want to be free. And that we face an enemy that murders innocent people to try to shake our psychology to get us to leave.

To date, we've arrested or otherwise dealt with many key commanders of al Qaeda... All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way - they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies.

Free market capitalism is far more than economic theory. It is the engine of social mobility-the highway to the American Dream.

The terrorists do not understand America. The American people do not falter under threat, and we will not allow our future to be determined by car bombers and assassins.

I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists.