You Cannot Be Driven By The Polls.

We Must Be Prepared To Face Our Responsibilities And Be Willing To Use Force If Necessary.

I Have Not Suggested There's A Connection Between Iraq And 9/11.

I've Been Criticized Because I've Had The Temerity To Speak Out And Done A Couple Of Interviews Since I Left Office. I Don't Find Anything Surprising About That. I Don't Say - I've Been Careful Not To Get Personal In Terms Of My Criticisms For My Comment, But I Think The Issues Are Simply Too Important For The Future Of The Nation For Us To Operate As Though Those Of Us Who Disagree Somehow Shouldn't Speak Out And Be Heard. I Think We Need To Be Heard.

We Were Trying To Get All Of The Planes Down Out Of The Sky. And We Watched As The Towers Of The World Trade Center Collapsed - Something No One Expected And Anticipated. And You Could Sit There And See And Be Aware That Thousands Of People Were At That Moment Being Killed As A Result Of The Terrorist Attacks That Struck The United States.

That Intelligence Capability Is Enormously Important To The United States, To Our Conduct Of Foreign Policy, To Defense Matters, To Economic Matters. And I Am A Strong Supporter Of It.