If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.

If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.

There's a real danger today, if political leaders in Baghdad do not step up to the responsibilities, that they will become increasingly irrelevant to the people of Iraq. And that country will tip into sectarian warfare, which will essentially, I think, leave us with very few options in terms of continued presence of our military forces.

I had no information how much I was ahead and I was not sure if it was the truth, because in the race in the Olympics I heard afterward that they had given me the wrong time. So I didn't think about it and I just concentrated on my race ... I just tried to gain seconds.

They want out (of jail) so bad that they give me all good information.

Information access is all-important,