Our own State Department polls say that 80 percent of Iraqis view the United States as an unpopular occupier.

I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.

The Department of Justice is a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Regrettably, it has become clear that torture of detainees in United States custody is not limited to Abu Ghraib or even Iraq. Since Abu Ghraib, there have been increasing reports of torture.

Our State Department is often wrong and timid.

I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables. But I can say that the United States deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential, including private discussions between counterparts or our diplomats' personal assessments and observations.