This has not been a distraction to him. He looks at challenges that are facing this country in the global war on terror.

The reason we're going into Iraq is because this is a very significant time and ... the president (George W. Bush) asked us to go in to show support for this new government.

The president asked us to go and show support for their new government.

Has he talked to the White House? The answer is no, he's not. And two, the question of resignation: was he considering it? No.

This has not been a distraction to him.

I don't know how many generals there are. There are a couple thousand at least, and they're going to have opinions. It's not surprising, we're in a war.