...those hostilities were not very well contained, as we found out on September 11th, and so the notion that somehow policies that finally confront extremism are actually causing extremism I find grotesque.

I don't know anyone who is more admired and respected in the international community than President Karzai, for his strength, for his wisdom and for his courag…

The United States has been very clear that we did have to have some political basis to make clear that that cessation of hostilities was not going to countenan…

...there have been plenty of markers that show that this is a country that is worth the investment because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilizing f…

The targeted assassination policy is a correct one. It is inconceivable that terrorists could operate freely without the ground quaking under their feet.

A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is entirely capable of bringing this country to a point where …

'We believe that while America may have made mistakes in the past with our foreign policy, no policy warrants an act of terror on any country's civilian popula…