Given where we are, both diplomatically as well as in the region, we're getting close to the point where the president is going to have to make an important decision, ... Face the Nation.

Scooter Libby is one of the most capable and talented individuals I have ever known, ... He has given many years of his life to public service and has served our nation tirelessly and with great distinction.

The governor has given me some criterion in terms of the kind of individual we're looking for, ... We've put together a very detailed questionnaire to gather info on each and every candidate, including public records, financial records, health records -- all of those kinds of things that you look at.

I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.

There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve.

I reached a point towards the end on the old heart where I had trouble getting out of a chair. All I wanted to do was get out of bed in the morning and walk to my office and sit back down in the chair. Now I throw 50 pound bags of horse feed in the back of my pickup truck and I don't even think about it. I'm back doing those things.