I Did My 40 Years In Washington,

The Columbia Is Lost, But The Dreams That Inspired Its Crew Remain With Us.

Because If We Make The Wrong Choice, Then The Danger Is That We'll Get Hit Again, That We'll Be Hit In A Way That Will Be Devastating From The Standpoint Of The United States, And That We'll Fall Back Into The Pre-9/11 Mind Set If You Will, That In Fact These Terrorist Attacks Are Just Criminal Acts, And That We're Not Really At War. I Think That Would Be A Terrible Mistake For Us.

When George Bush Asked Me To Sign On, It Obviously Wasn't Because He Was Worried About Carrying Wyoming. We Got 70 Percent Of The Vote In Wyoming, Although Those Three Electoral Votes Turned Out To Be Pretty Important Last Time Around.

Saddam Hussein Had A Lengthy History Of Reckless And Sudden Aggression. He Cultivated Ties To Terror -- Hosting The Abu Nidal Organization, Supporting Terrorists, And Making Payments To The Families Of Suicide Bombers. He Also Had An Established Relationship With Al Qaida -- Providing Training To Al Qaida Members In Areas Of Poisons, Gases And Conventional Bombs. He Built, Possessed, And Used Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

When We Get People Who Are More Concerned About Reading The Rights To An Al Qaeda Terrorist Than They Are With Protecting The United States Against People Who Are Absolutely Committed To Do Anything They Can To Kill Americans, Then I Worry.