The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States.
The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing.
I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.
I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.
There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.
I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
We hope that there will be better policy-making and hope to see projects implemented. We have lots of information that can be used for the implementation of projects.
At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy.
Our policy is very simple. The Jewish state was set up to defend Jewish lives, and we always reserve the right to defend ourselves.
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does not have consensus support.
I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.
In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.