What I heard when we started this war was we'd be out in 10 years, ... That's the timetable I think we should keep. I think everyone should know that in six years we are leaving.

The war is a factor because production in Iraq is down a third because insurgents continually are attacking the oil wells, ... In World War II, we provided all our own oil. Now we provide only 50 percent of what we use, which means we import a lot.

I was surprised. A Confederate war vet still around in 1940?

I always looked at it as something broader than just the Cold War. I looked at it as the spirit of our nation.

Almost any veterans of foreign wars can tell you war stories, especially after a couple of beers.

Under the war powers (of the Constitution), it is defensible and he has the responsibility to do what is necessary to protect the country. Does this mean federal agents are going to start following me or you? No. This is very circumscribed.