It Is Easy To Take Liberty For

I Can't Think Of A Time When We've Had A Region Emerge As Suddenly To Become As Strategically Significant As The Caspian.

President Bush Gave Me A Tremendous Opportunity To Serve As The Vice President. I Enjoyed Very Much Having The Opportunity To Be A Part Of His Team. He Told Me At The Outset, He Wanted Me To Sign On To Be A Part Of His Team - And He Was True To His Word, Kept It. He Was Tough. He Was Decisive. He Was Also A Pretty Good Politician.

I Had A Reputation Of Being Somewhat Moderate, Partly, I Think, Because I Wasn't A 'bomb Thrower' Like Some Of My Conservative Colleagues, And Partly Because I Got Along With People All Across The Political Spectrum.

The Issue Is That [saddam] Has Chemical Weapons.

The Important Thing Here To Understand Is That The People That Are At Guantanamo Are Bad People. I Mean, These Are Terrorists For The Most Part. These Are People That Were Captured In The Battlefield Of Afghanistan Or Rounded Up As Part Of The Al Qaeda Network. We've Already Screened The Detainees There And Released A Number, Sent Them Back To Their Home Countries. But What's Left Is Hard Core.