As I have heard Bush say, only a wartime president is likely to achieve greatness, in part because the epochal upheavals of war provide the opportunity for transformative change of the kind Bush hoped to achieve. In Iraq, Bush saw his opportunity to create a legacy of greatness.

I still like and admire George W. Bush. I consider him a fundamentally decent person, and I do not believe he or his White House deliberately or consciously sought to deceive the American people.

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

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

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

My wife and I look for ways to always support the troops, including sending care packages regularly to them.

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.