I Learned Early On That

We Do Know, With Absolute Certainty, That Saddam Hussein Is Using His Procurement System To Acquire The Equipment He Needs In Order To Enrich Uranium To Build A Nuclear Weapon.

I Have Argued In The Past, And Would Again, If We Had Been Able To Pre-empt The Attacks Of 9/11 Would We Have Done It? And I Think Absolutely. We Have To Be Prepared Now To Take The Kind Of Bold Action That's Being Contemplated With Respect To Iraq In Order To Ensure That We Don't Get Hit With A Devastating Attack When The Terrorists' Organization Gets Married Up With A Rogue State That's Willing To Provide It With The Kinds Of Deadly Capabilities That Saddam Hussein Has Developed And Used Over The Years.

I Think The Decision That's Been Made With Respect To Allowing Gays To Serve Openly In The Military Is A Good One.

I Mean, It's Not Just One Day You Get Up, Bang, And You Got Osama Bin Laden. It's The Kind Of Thing Where An Awful Lot Of People Over A Long Period Of Time - Thousands Have Worked This Case And These Issues And Followed On The Leads And Captured Bad Guys And Interrogated Them And So-forth.

Principle Is Ok Up To A Certain Point, But Principle Doesn't Do Any Good If You Lose.