I Don’t Think That [the War In

[in Response To The Question "do You Think That You Underestimated The Insurgency's Strength?"] I Think So. I Guess If I Look Back On It Now, I Don't Think Anybody Anticipated The Level Of Violence That We've Encountered.

We Now Have Irrefutable Evidence That [saddam] Has Once Again Set Up And Reconstituted His Program To Take Uranium, To Enrich It To Sufficiently High Grade, So That It Will Function As The Base Material As A Nuclear Weapon. And There's No Doubt About The Fact That The Level Of Effort Has Escalated In Recent Months.

From Kindergarten To Graduation, I Went To Public Schools, And I Know That They Are A Key To Being Sure That Every Child Has A Chance To Succeed And To Rise In The World.

...and While Everybody Was Tremendously Impressed With The Low Cost Of The Conflict, For The 146 Americans Who Were Killed In Action And For Their Families, It Wasn't A Cheap War. And The Question In My Mind Is How Many Additional American Casualties Is Saddam Worth? And The Answer Is Not Very Damned Many.

You Can't Fall Back On The Private Sector And Say, 'you Take Care Of The Nation's Banking System.' That's A Fundamental Function Of The Government, The Federal Reserve, The Treasury And The Fdic, Etc. All Of Those Agencies Have A Major Role To Play There.