You Don't Deploy Forces Into Harm's Way

The President Is Out There Today Trying To Talk About Health Care, And The Reality Is Nobody Cares About What He's Saying On Health Care Because This News Is Consuming Everything. No President Could Tolerate That Or Should Tolerate It.

I Think Soon After I Became Director Of The Cia - President Obama Pulled Me Into The Oval Office And Said: 'look, I Just Want You To Know That Your Top Priority Is To Go After Osama Bin Laden.'

The Consequence Could Be That We Would Have An Escalation That Would Take Place That Would Not Only Involve Many Lives, But I Think It Could Consume The Middle East In A Confrontation And A Conflict That We Would Regret.

If The Iraqis Fail To Implement The Reforms, If They Fail To Get A Handle On The Violence, There's Nothing The United States Can Do, Militarily Or Otherwise, That Can Solve Those Problems. They Have To Assume The Primary Responsibility To Govern Themselves.

My Impression Is That Putin Feels That He Can Basically Manipulate The West To Do What He Ultimately Wants To Achieve, And That He Feels He's Gotten Away With It So Far, And That All He Has To Do Is Basically Play The Same Game.