It's a tragic situation, ... The president is committed to doing everything he can to see that we can get into a process of discussion, which will bring the violence to an end, bring a cease-fire into place and then get into peace discussions.

You made reference to the president ...

It's always sad when you see a fellow citizen who is alleged to have committed these crimes out in front of the world in this way, ... But I think I need to remain quiet because these are still allegations to be proved in court.

One thing you should not be doing is passing any resolutions that could inflame the situation.

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I was not sure we had enough troops. The case was made, it was listened to, it was considered. … A judgment was made by those responsible that the troop strength was adequate.

Everybody knows what [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein should be doing, and if he isn't doing it and shows no indication he's doing it, I think we can present a strong enough argument for the second resolution that we put down,