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

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?'

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

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

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.

Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble.