Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.

We need to stay in Iraq until the job is done. The President understands this and I'm glad that he is getting more countries to participate. We must change the chant of millions of young Muslims from 'Jihad Against the World' to 'Freedom and Democracy.'

Violence or the threat of violence will not solve the problems of Northern Ireland. The only way forward to peace, political stability and reconciliation is through democratic means,

The conflict has lasted a long time. Establishing a durable peace and achieving genuine reconciliation will also take a long time,

those who perpetrate violence deal themselves out of the peace process.

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?