I'm Going To Give People The Benefit

The President Is Out There Today Trying To Talk About Health Care, And The Reality Is Nobody Cares About What He's Saying On Health Care Because This News Is Consuming Everything. No President Could Tolerate That Or Should Tolerate It.

The Reason We've Always Had A Civilian In That Job [secretary Of Defence] Is Because We Really Believe That It Is Policymakers Who Ought To Control The Military And Not Have The Military Control The Military.

Throughout The 40 Years I've Been In Washington, I've Always Worked Hard, Particularly With Regards To The Budget Issues.

The One Thing That I Remember From All Of My Intelligence Briefings And My Dealings With The Russians Is That When You Deal With The Russians, You Have To Deal With Them From Strength, Not From Weakness.

Well, The United States Is A Pacific Power. And We Have Always Had A Presence In The Pacific.