[T]hose who are in a position of strength have a responsibility to protect the weak.

Sometimes, a war saves people.

The Iraq war was not necessary.

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

An Iraq at peace with its neighbors, an ally in the war on terror, with a representative government that respects the human rights of all Iraqis and security forces sufficient to maintain domestic order and deny safe haven to terrorists.

All this talk about a war with Iraq is adding a tremendous amount of volatility in all the markets. We see it in bonds, gold, oil. The uncertainty of what's going to happen is weighing on the markets.