There are 40,000 Iraqi police on duty around the country. If they detect an attack about to happen, the police are the ones who are supposed to stop it.

We're going to be on the ground in Iraq as soldiers and citizens for years. We're going to be running a colony almost.

Iraq is a better place, absolutely worth it.

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

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

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.

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