Scooter Libby is one of the most capable and talented individuals I have ever known, ... He has given many years of his life to public service and has served our nation tirelessly and with great distinction.

Given where we are, both diplomatically as well as in the region, we're getting close to the point where the president is going to have to make an important decision, ... Face the Nation.

The governor has given me some criterion in terms of the kind of individual we're looking for, ... We've put together a very detailed questionnaire to gather info on each and every candidate, including public records, financial records, health records -- all of those kinds of things that you look at.

Which one of those was a nuisance? How do you look back on that track record and say there was ever a time in the last 20 years when we didn't have to be concerned about terror?

is one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city.

I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it.