Every President When He Is

Don't Speak Ill Of Your Predecessors Or Successors. You Didn't Walk In Their Shoes.

The Press Always Wants To Know How Many People Will Be Killed Or How Much It Will Cost, But The Answers To Those Questions Are Not Knowable.

What Will Follow Will Not Be A Repeat Of Any Other Conflict. It Will Be Of A Force And Scope And Scale That Has Been Beyond What Has Been Seen Before.

We Are In The Process Of Trying To Liberate That Country. And At The Moment Where The War Ends And The Coalition Forces Occupy The Areas Where Those Capabilities - Chemical And Biological Weapons - Are Likely To Be, To The Extent They Haven't Been Moved Out Of The Country, It Obviously Is Important To Find Them.

I Recognize The Need To Provide The Press - And, Through You, The American People - With Information To The Fullest Extent Possible. In Our Democracy, The Work Of The Pentagon Press Corps Is Important, Defending Our Freedom And Way Of Life Is What This Conflict Is About, And That Certainly Includes Freedom Of The Press.