Churches are like announcement factories that pump toxic levels of noise pollution into the atmosphere.

Well I think that you have to be open and honest in order to learn from your mistakes and be able to correct them in the future to understand what would happen to take things off course. And if we don't address these issues openly and honestly then we don't learn.

I think it reflects the reality on the ground, that this was an important milestone that's been achieved by the Iraqi people, and it's a significant development. It's a real hopeful moment for democracy in Iraq.

Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

As a Texas loyalist who followed Bush to Washington with great hope and personal affection and as a proud member of his administration, I was all too ready to give him and his highly experienced foreign policy advisers the benefit of the doubt on Iraq. Unfortunately, subsequent events have showed that our willingness to trust the judgment of Bush and his team was misplaced.

I'm done with my job. It was my job to be the advocate and spokesman for the President of the United States.