The threat conditions in Aden were better than elsewhere,

We are taking action based on what Saddam's doing,

a lot of work to do, but if I didn't think he would make progress, I wouldn't have asked him to go.

It might be interesting to wonder why all the generals see it in the same way, and all those, who never fired a shot in anger and really held back to go to war, see it in a different way. That's usually the way it is in history.

The refueling of that ship in Aden, ... ...Was my decision. I pass the buck on to nobody.

You have to give everybody another recourse as some means other than violence, no matter how distasteful it may be to have to deal with them and what they represent.