Political Quotes

There was no reason for us to become involved in Iraq recently. That was a war based on lies and misrepresentations from London and from Washington, claiming falsely that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attacks, claiming falsely that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. A decision was made to go to war, their people said, let's find a reason to do so.

Real output has grown at an average rate of 3 percent per year since I took office, and employment has grown by 10 percent.

turmoil in Iraq and Afghanistan are fair game issues for Democrats in the 2004 campaign. He also criticized the White House for a quote, "overly optimistic assessment of Iraq."

What is most important now is that the Commission's report stimulate a public discussion of where the country should be heading in this decade.