I Did My 40 Years In Washington,

We've Never Made The Case, Or Argued The Case, That Somehow Osama Bin Laden Was Directly Involved In 9/11. That Evidence Has Never Been Forthcoming.

I'm Not Apologetic With Respect To The Policies Of The Bush Administration. I Think We Basically Got It Right.

If We Have Reason To Believe Someone Is Preparing An Attack Against The U.s., Has Developed That Capability, Harbours Those Aspirations, Then I Think The U.s. Is Justified In Dealing With That, If Necessary, By Military Force.

My Belief Is We Will, In Fact, Be Greeted As Liberators. . . . I Think It Will Go Relatively Quickly, . . . [in] Weeks Rather Than Months.

Another Argument Holds That Opposing Saddam Hussein Would Cause Even Greater Troubles In That Part Of The World, And Interfere With The Larger War Against Terror. I Believe The Opposite Is True.