"And I say amen. You know, we're going to try to get to the bottom of these contracting abuses and the waste and the fraud that has gone on in these wars. There's been no oversight, no accountability."
"This is not -- they've done by the book. In other words, the president's, in her eyes and in many Americans' eyes, failed political strategy in Iraq. It's not going to work."
"Senator Hillary Clinton jumped into the 2008 presidential race."
"More than a third of Democrats surveyed back Senator Clinton."
"She needs to prove she can do this on her own."
"There's no way to escape Bill Clinton."
"She has military expertise, however, which she acquired on the Senate Armed Services Committee."
"She has a problem, maybe, with some liberal Democrats on the Iraq issue, because she has not repudiated her initial vote to authorize the war in Iraq."
"Frankly, you know, it's quite disconcerting to see our government, the strongest, most powerful nation in the world, begging this government that we basically put into office to please do the things w..."
"Senator Clinton is talking about a cap on troops on Iraq -- why that could be a risky move for her politically."
"Rather than an escalation of U.S. troops, which I do not believe will contribute to long-term success in Iraq, we should be beginning a phased redeployment of U.S. troops, as a way to put pressure on ..."
"Based on the President's speech tonight, I cannot support his proposed escalation of the war in Iraq."