I think what we've learned is that the terrorist threat is serious, but it shifts. You cannot make a single person the sole focus of your counterterrorism.

The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low.

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

We dominate the scene and we will continue to impose our will on this country.

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

The new administration seems to be paying no attention to the problem of terrorism. What they will do is stagger along until there's a major incident and then suddenly say, `Oh, my God, shouldn't we be organized to deal with this?'

These people hate the United States, not for what we do, but for who we are and what we are.