A failed Iraq would make America less secure.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

This thaw took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw.

I'm comfortable that I made the best decisions I possibly could.

We have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil... The best way to break this addiction is through technology.

That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and know those beliefs won't change.

We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans. We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today so that we do not meet him again on our own streets, in our own cities.