I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the intelligence was genuine.

If you are trying to take a difficult decision and you're weighing up the pros and cons, you have frank conversations. Everybody knows this in their walk of life.

Education, education, education

The Iraq Survey Group has already found massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories.

What we also know is we haven't found them [weapons of mass destruction] in Iraq - now let the survey group complete its work and give us the report... They will not report that there was no threat from Saddam, I don't believe.

Obviously it is right that the Afghans take responsibility for their own future in the end, but they need to know and feel that we are there as partners for them if they are prepared to make the necessary changes. But we should be in no doubt as to why we are in Afghanistan. We ended up there because terrorism hatched there erupted thousands of miles away in New York on Sept. 11.

Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.