As long as we're here, we are the occupying power. It's a very ugly word, but it's true.

I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.

[Insurgents] pose no strategic threat to the United States or to the Coalition Forces.

I think there really is no shortcut to sovereignty.

We've thrown out Saddam and Saddam, dead or alive, is finished in Iraq.

As long as we're here, we are the occupying power. It's a very ugly word, but it's true.

You know, the country is basically peaceful.