The Iraq war was not necessary.

We welcome today's development as another step forward in Iraq 's constitutional process,

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

All this talk about a war with Iraq is adding a tremendous amount of volatility in all the markets. We see it in bonds, gold, oil. The uncertainty of what's going to happen is weighing on the markets.

One of the most important battle fronts in this war on terror is Iraq,

This is a global war on terror, and if we don't win the battle in Iraq, where else might we win it or, where else might we have to fight it?