The Iraqi Forces Are Conducting

That Intelligence Capability Is Enormously Important To The United States, To Our Conduct Of Foreign Policy, To Defense Matters, To Economic Matters. And I Am A Strong Supporter Of It.

The United States Needs To Be Not So Much Loved As It Needs To Be Respected. Sometimes, That Requires Us To Take Actions That Generate Controversy. I'm Not At All Sure That That's What The Obama Administration Believes.

Whoever Controls The Flow Of Persian Gulf Oil Has A Stranglehold Not Only On Our Economy But Also On The Other Countries Of The World As Well.

You Know, I've Got Experiences Going Back To The Wage Price Controls In The Nixon Administration Where, In Effect, We Had What I Think Was A Terrible Mistake, In That Case A Republican Administration, Where Moved In And Tried To Control The Wages, Prices And Profits Of Every Enterprise In America. It Was A Huge Mistake.

You Really Do Think About It Institutionally; This Is Your Job, And To Some Extent You Benefit From Having A Job To Do At A Moment Like This. You Have Things That You Have To Make Happen. And You Don't Have Time For The Emotional Reaction That Might Otherwise Occur If Somebody Was Just Sitting There Watching These Events Unfold And Had No Responsibilities.