to act fully as secretary of state until the day that I do leave. I expect that will be a number of weeks or a month or two as my replacement goes through the confirmation process.

but the one thing I can assure you of is that it will be held in trust for the Iraqi people, to benefit the Iraqi people. That is a legal obligation that the occupying power will have.

War is war and there will be casualties,

You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people. You will own all their hopes, aspirations and problems. You'll own it all.

We will be with you in this current crisis and in the future,

I will always treasure the four years that I have spent with President Bush and with the wonderful men and women of the Department of State, ... I think we've accomplished a great deal.