Our big lesson from Iraq was that we got there too late. A lot of things had already happened.

I pray for the troops in Iraq and Iran and Afghanistan and I pray for everyone's family.

Quite the contrary. Senior officials repeatedly said that in Iraq, Geneva regulations would apply.

I think clearly shows there is a lot of interest in Iraq and reflects the general interest of the public.

U.S. Special Forces -- both what we call acknowledged and unacknowledged operations -- are ongoing in Iraq right now, and there's a great effort to train Iraqis to assist in that. Frankly, why wouldn't we want to do that? Look, a lot of bad people have got to die if we're going to get a handle on this terrorism.

represents a new beginning for Iraq.