Al Qaeda Still Remains A Threat.

My Father Said I Was Perfectly Suited For Washington Because I've Always Worked Around Nuts.

The One Thing That I Remember From All Of My Intelligence Briefings And My Dealings With The Russians Is That When You Deal With The Russians, You Have To Deal With Them From Strength, Not From Weakness.

I Mean, The Taliban, My View Is That They Have Been Weakened. We Have Not Seen Them Able To Conduct Any Kind Of Organized Attack To Regain Any Territory That They've Lost. We've Seen Levels Of Violence Going Down.

I Don't Usually Comment On Columnists' Ideas Of What I'm Thinking. That's A Dangerous Game To Get Into.

I'm Going To Give People The Benefit Of The Doubt.