As soon as Congress acts to authorize the military commissions I have proposed, the man our intelligence officials believe orchestrated the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans on September the 11th, 2001, can face justice.

I can assure you that when either of us get in a bind, there will be a friend on the other end of the phone.

Victory in Iraq will be a crushing defeat to our enemies who have staked so much on the battle there.

I want to be absolutely clear with our people and the world, the United States does not torture. It's against our laws and it's against our values. I have not authorized it and I will not authorize it.

In addition to the terrorists held at Guantanamo, a small number of suspected terrorist leaders and operatives captured during the war have been held and questioned outside the United States in a separate program operated by the Central…

This program has helped us to take potential mass murderers off the streets before they were able to kill.

By the way, the unemployment rate is 4.7 percent. That's a good sign if you're somebody looking for a job.

Bin laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lennon and Hitler before them.

Most recently they attempted to strike again in the most ambitious plot since the attacks of September the 11th.

The road ahead is going to be difficult, and it will require more sacrifice.

For al Qaeda, Iraq is not a distraction from their war on America; it is the central battlefield where the outcome of this struggle will be decided.

He calls it a war of destiny between infidelity and Islam. He says the whole world is watching this war and that it will end in victory and glory or misery and humiliation. For al Qaeda, Iraq is not a distraction. From their war on…