Political Quotes

I appreciate greatly your committed service to our Nation, and I also want to thank your families.

I think you could make a very strong case that the Iraqis are not ready to put violence aside as a tool for the various agendas they're pursuing--sectarian, political, personal, and commercial.

I do not foresee a long-term role for our combat brigades in the midst of this sectarian civil war.

Are you at this point able to assert with a 100-percent level of confidence to this committee that every soldier being deployed to Iraq as part of this escalation will have all the necessary personal equipment?