You May Say I May Be Unfit

Counting The Numbers Of Troops Is Not Going To Define Our Success Here.there Is No Military Success, Ultimately, To Afghanistan. The Afghans Themselves Are Going To Define What Happens Here. And We Have To Convince Ourselves That We Have A Strategy In Place That Empowers Them To Do That And That Is Realistic In What Our Expectations Are From Them And On What Schedule.

As We Move Forward, I Am Looking For A New Leader Of The Chicago Police Department To Address The Problems At The Very Heart Of The Policing Profession. The Problem Is Sometimes Referred To As "the Thin Blue Line." The Problem Is Other Times Referred To As "the Code Of Silence." It Is This Tendency To Ignore. It Is The Tendency To Deny. It Is The Tendency, In Some Cases, To Cover Up The Bad Actions Of A Colleague Or Colleagues.

What Is More Comforting To The Terrorists Around The World: The Failure To Pass The 9/11 Legislation Because We Lacked 'a Majority Of The Majority,' Or Putting Aside Partisan Politics To Enact Tough New Legislation With America's Security Foremost In Mind?

The American People... Want Change. They Want Big Ideas, Big Reform.

I've Not Been To Afghanistan Or - But What People Are Clearly Pointing To Is That It Becomes More Difficult To Have It. You Could Do It. I Think Weather Is A Factor. The Most Important Factor Though Is Credibility And Legitimacy. What I Wanted Earlier To Say Is What I Think Senator [john] Kerry Is Pointing To, Which Is Important, Is The Strategic Review On Whether To Send More Troops Is Only One Piece Of The Puzzle, Important Piece.