I'm very comfortable that the decisions I have made have been in the best interests of the country.

I think they took the information that we gave and made the judgments they thought were necessary.

It is right that Iraqis are making these decisions and for the first time in generations determining their own future.

We want to share that with them, and they will have to kind of pick up this issue and pick up this ball and decide whether the suggestions we're making are wise and ought to go forward.

I don't want to talk about it until I can give the recommendation.

I think that, if that's the test, that we pass.

I hope you'll always be glad that you did it.

You've got to make up your mind.

We ought to give this a chance.

We will be paying the price for a decade if we fail to adopt this.

If we're not going to do this now, when in the wide world will we ever get around to doing it?

I never worried about whether decisions would be made in a timely fashion.

I supported the decisions that were made.

It is easy for us to say today, and even perhaps easy for you to clap today, but I know that this wise choice was also a very hard one...

Let me be clear—this is the wrong approach.

We ought to make a decision as a people.

We can only choose not to act, or to act.

I think that if I were a Governor still, I would look very closely at the situation in my State and decide what the facts were.