Stephen J. Hadley: “We need to have not just be talking about democracy; we've got to have a conscious strategy for how to counter what…”

It is important both as a symbol of a national commitment to deal with this problem, but it is also important to rebalance a little bit this relationship between the Congress and the President.

An American withdrawal or stepping back right now would be a prescription for fast failure and chaos that would envelope not only Iraq but also the region.

I think it would be a good thing. I think the American people need to know that the Congress of the United States is behind this effort that the administration is trying to mount.

It is time for you to make clear that you are stepping down. Technically, it may be in the form of you handing over power, establishing a transition government. But you've got to change the narrative, and the narrative has to be Mubarak…