They also, I think, saw in the nominee a person who is very, very willing to reach out across party lines to the Congress on a bipartisan basis, to get the -- the best advice that possibly the Congress can give.

The president cannot, any longer, get away with the status quo and stay the course, stay the course, stay the course.

I'm not going to vote no because I voted no 15 years ago.

The important thing with Mr. Gates is whether or not he is independent, whether or not he is going to speak truth to power.

It ignores the realities on the ground to say that absolutely we are winning in Iraq, everybody's losing in Iraq at the moment and until there's a political settlement, they're going to continue to lose in Iraq.

I'd like the president to tell the Iraqi leaders that we are going to begin a phased redeployment of our troops from Iraq in four to six months.

This is not a precipitous proposal. It's something which would allow for planning. And so it is not an accurate description.

We are bloody impatient. And the problem is Iraqis' political leadership.

The president cannot any longer get away with the status quo and stay the course, stay the course, stay the course.

We must tell the Iraqis that we would begin starting in four to six months a phase reduction of our troops.

I don't think we need it. I don't think we need it. I don't favor it.

... that stay the course is not a strategy for success in Iraq.

I would want to talk to our commanders about whether or not additional forces, including special ops forces, would be helpful.

That is not precipitous. It is a responsible way to change the dynamic in Iraq, to stop the march down the path to full-blown civil war, on which the Iraqis are now embarking.

Staying the course is no longer, as far as I'm concerned -- and the American people clearly spoke on it -- a viable option.

We should pressure the White House to commence the phased redeployment of U.S. troops from Iraq in four to six months.

Long Beach is terrible, . . . Repurchases, [early payment defaults], manual underwriting, very weak servicing/collection practices, and a weak staff.

It's like a broken record. And the American people are not buying his effort to gain political advantage.

I don't put it beyond Republicans to call General Casey old cut and run General George Casey, totally inappropriate but that won't stop them.

Put it beyond the Republicans to call General Casey old, Cut and Run General George Casey. Totally inappropriate, but that won't stop him.

It says by the end of this year, in the next six months, begin the phased redeployment of American forces from Iraq.

In June 2006, you still had the plan.

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We don't need trash from Canada. Canada should take care of their own bloody trash. It's that simple.

It seems to me there's got to be someone in your office who is going to say to you, you know, the vice president said something which just doesn't have our support.