George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still haven't found them.

America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

There is no bigger judgment for a president of the United States than how you take a nation to war.

We do not need more division. We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign rhetoric.

You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pre-text.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

It is the duty of any president, in the final analysis, to defend this nation and dispel the security threat. Saddam Hussein has brought military action upon himself by refusing for 12 years to comply with the mandates of the United Nations. The brave and capable men and women of our armed forces and those who are with us will quickly, I know, remove him once and for all as a threat to his neighbors, to the world, and to his own people, and I support their doing so.