I Have Had A Career In Public

I Was Raised On The Values Of Speaking Up And Making A Positive Difference In A Very Political Family That Believed In The Importance Of Public Service.

There's A Difference Between Loyal Opposition That Has A Different View, And Those Who Are Advocating A Defeatist Approach That Sends The Wrong Message To Our Troops And The Enemy.

When I Was Knowingly Misled But Only Learned That Much Later, That's Really When I Started To Become Disillusioned At The White House.

As I Have Heard Bush Say, Only A Wartime President Is Likely To Achieve Greatness, In Part Because The Epochal Upheavals Of War Provide The Opportunity For Transformative Change Of The Kind Bush Hoped To Achieve. In Iraq, Bush Saw His Opportunity To Create A Legacy Of Greatness.

I Think That There's A Tendency In This Town To Try To Selectively Pick Snapshots, When The Broader Reality Is That We Have A Record Of Results And That We're Getting Things Done For The American People.