They got it done much quicker and more effectively than anyone had a right to expect,

On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now. We haven't been. I believe we had a president who made the right decision at the right time... to put us on offense against terrorists.

The reality is even if you are a hands-on Mayor or Governor or chief executive, at best, you must know about 10 or 20% of what's going on. Otherwise, you never get through the day... I was very hands on, and there's lots of stuff I didn't know, and lots of things that either went wrong or right that I would find out about afterwards.

This is one of the most tragic days that I can remember in the city,

I understand. I agree with his decision that he had to drop out,

President Bush decided that we could no longer be just on defense against global terrorism, but we must also be on offense,