You can only persuade the Americans. This is what John McCain is saying, we will only sign an agreement in the United States if China and India also sign an agreement.

You've promised that you're going to get out. Iraq has been on simmer. George Bush is going to give you something that looks like it's doing better.

If Democrats are elected, they're going to face a serious dilemma in Iraq. It's going to be one of the toughest problems they face and one of the toughest presidencies I think we've ever faced.

A John McCain presidency would look very different in Iraq. It would look very much like George W. Bush in his policies; it will be a continuation of those policies.

The president has already pledged 3,000 and they think we should go far beyond that.

What the new president wants to do is see if you can stabilize the place and make sure it's not a center of terrorism to threaten us.

When the new president comes in, it's very important to be very clear about what your goals are.

I think it does. The Bush administration's view, and I think one that's supported widely by Republicans is, first they give up their nuclear ambitions and then we will talk.

The big thing of our time, it's a big movement of our time is that the center of gravity in the world, geopolitically and to a large extent economically is moving from the West to Asia.

What you as a new president have to make sure is, that if this thing gets a lot worse, all the blame doesn't come to you, so you lose on your political stand.

The new president may well be put in the position of having to come up with a short-term economic plan for the next year or two.