Direct Threats Require Decisive Action.

In His Years In Washington, Senator Kerry Has Been One Vote Of A Hundred In The United States Senate - And Fortunately On Matters Of National Security, He Was Very Often In The Minority.

[in Response To The Question "do You Think That You Underestimated The Insurgency's Strength?"] I Think So. I Guess If I Look Back On It Now, I Don't Think Anybody Anticipated The Level Of Violence That We've Encountered.

The Greatest Threat Now Is A 9/11 Occurring With A Group Of Terrorists Armed Not With Airline Tickets And Box Cutters, But With A Nuclear Weapon In The Middle Of One Of Our Own Cities...there's A High Probability Of Such An Attempt.

We Need, From Time To Time, To Use Military Force Or All Of The Resources At Our Command In Order To Defend The Nation And Defend Our Friends. Sometimes, That Requires Us To Take Actions That Generate Controversy. I Think There Are Probably Some Who Actually Believe, If We Just Go Talk Nice To These Folks, Everything Is Going To Be Ok. I Don't Think The World Works That Way.

We've Had Experiences Where The President's Been Shot, But Never Had A Situation Where The Vice President Shot Somebody.