It’s hard work. It is hard slogging, … We have made tremendous progress. And we’re winning.

Not only was there no delay, I think we anticipated in most cases not in all cases, but in most cases the support that was required.

While it’s a sad day for those who were killed, and their families and their friends, we continue to be optimistic about the situation on the ground in Iraq.

We’re now in there on the ground and starting our investigation of exactly who’s up there and what’s up there, … Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

It’s trying to walk that very fine line between being seen as an occupier, and being effective and winning this war and helping the Iraqis stand up on their feet and take the fight to...

Iraqi actions to do so would not only violate this law, but could be considered a war crime in any conflict

We know this is the most intensive time of training for them. That’s always the winter training cycle, where they conduct the majority of their training, their most intensive training.

I’m looking forward to working on things rather than just holding down this spot while the search goes on.

That I can’t tell you, … What I can tell you is the organization that he is associated with has provided intelligence to our intelligence unit there in Baghdad that has saved soldiers’ lives.

Talk about a guy who has no moral foundation. It’s an absolute outrage,

They have looked through the logs, interrogation logs, and they cannot confirm yet that there was ever the case of the toilet incident,

should not be a surprise.

I don’t think this committee or the American public has ever heard me say that things are going very well in Iraq, … This is a hard struggle.

How can I ignore the expert opinion of General Myers, who is concerned with the safety of his troops?

All the service chiefs were in total support of Gen. [Tommy] Franks’ plan, the numbers we had planned, all of that. We were all on board,

He will not be the head. He may have a role to play, but that vetting has yet to take place, … This Week.

I’ve been told by people that have seen it that it does, in fact, show the aircraft being fired upon. But I haven’t seen it,

When you get to the point where Baghdad is basically isolated, then what is the situation you have in the country? … You have a country that Baghdad no longer controls; that whatever’s happening inside...

I don’t think that would be one of our options.

With muscle, determination, marble, cement and Indiana limestone, you did more than repair our windows and walls, you repaired our souls,

He thought it was not at all tied to the article in the magazine.

very, very dangerous people … who have killed.

the outcome and consequences of defeat are greater than World War II.

The stakes in this war on terrorism simply couldn’t be higher,

We’re never going to hide those numbers,

We are not doing any pre-planned operations today, as Friday is the Muslim holy day. But we do have forces available to hit any emerging targets.

think their capabilities are much less than they were in Desert Storm. We think [Saddam] is much weakened militarily.

We know there are going to be times that our forces have been shot at, U.S. and coalition forces have been shot at from time to time and we’re going to take some casualties, unfortunately,

He’s a safe driver, he doesn’t miss church much, he’s friendly.

It’s just a little more activity in the last couple of days than we have seen in the last couple of years. But we don’t think it means anything more than what we’ve been seeing

[Vice President Dick Cheney told The Washington Post on Sunday that the war on terrorism that began October 7] may never end. At least, not in our lifetimes. … may be correct.

We are hitting targets similar to those hit yesterday,

Central Command is looking into that as we speak,

increased terrorist recruitment.

they are dug in and dispersed.

Because we follow these Web sites, we tend to believe that that’s probably true. We don’t know more than that right now, … Fox News Sunday.

If we were, for instance, to say, ‘OK, Iraq is not worth the cost,’ if we were to make that my judgment, that terrible mistake … the next 9/11 in my view would be right...

are in the driver’s seat.

He is his own thinker, … He is for progress [and] certainly doesn’t want a theocracy.

has an awful lot to do with the Iraqi people and how they perceive coalition forces.

We gave him our best military advice and I think that’s what we’re obligated to do. If we don’t do that, we should be shot.

This is one of the things that we have seen over time, that in the no-fly zones there will be surface-to-air missiles moved in, moved around and moved out,

It’s not a matter of resources; it’s a matter of how fast can we build these things and get them over here,

have actually done a pretty remarkable job considering the hand they were dealt.

Simply studying a DNA sample when we don’t know which genes are regulating skin care is science fiction.

the stakes are much higher today.

and take on almost any threat.

The more Americans in Iraq, the less Iraqis might feel prompted to come forward and furnish us that intelligence which is what we need so badly to deal with this threat,

The information gleaned when we picked up Saddam Hussein led to a better understanding of the structure [of the insurgency], … We think there are some of the leadership of this insurgency [that have been...

That is where they have their classrooms, that is where they discuss their methods, … That is where they have firing ranges… It would be like destroying (the Marine Corps base) at Quantico, Virginia.