Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq – a war more than a year away.

We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have been very concerned about America’s 361 seaports as a point in which terrorist activities and materials could be brought into the country.

This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody’s been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq.

The men and women of America's armed forces and all citizens representing the U.N., and other nations must be reassured in times like these that they have our whole-hearted support and are in our prayers daily,

The clock is ticking. We don't have very much time to get these Americans back before American public opinion begins to turn very hostile toward China. I'm pleased that in the last 24 hours it seems there has been some diplomatic movement, but that movement can't be at slow speed. It's got to move quickly. I think we've got to get this thing resolved certainly by this weekend.

The herd instinct is as strong with multimillionaires as it is with any two- or four-legged animal.

These problems raise the fundamental issue of a citizen's confidence in the voting process,

Combat operations haven't ended and President Bush's parsing of words does nothing but damage any confidence the American people have in their government's policy in Iraq,

I can't think of anyone who has been significantly sanctioned for their bad performance,

By continuing to classify that information so that it's not available to the American people, the American people have been denied important information for their own protection, for the protection of the communities,