The President And I Sat Down In

I Am Not A Politician, And I Will Never Be, And I Say That With Absolute Conviction.

If You Look At Casualties, You Find Countries That Had Much Higher Loss Rates Per Capita Than The Us. Denmark Comes To Mind, The United Kingdom, They Have Suffered Heavy Losses At Various Points, The Germans As Well.

Political Progress Will Only Take Place If Sufficient Security Exists.

Us Ambassador To Iraq Ryan Crocker And I Have Repeatedly Sought To Emphasize That The Progress In Iraq Is Fragile And Also, Possibly, Reversible.

First And Foremost Is To Not Allow The Reestablishment, If You Will, Of An Extremist Sanctuary That Can Export The Kind Of Terror That Ended Up With Terrorists Taking Down The World Trade Center And Plowing Into The Pentagon And A Field In Pennsylvania. That's The Point: We Started This War Because The Sept. 11 Attack Came From This Area. And We Do Not Fight Alone, But With Some 40 Allies Who Share That View.