We can't stay for an unlimited time, due to the strain on our forces,

That's not setting a date for departure at this time, ... That's simply conveying clearly and forcefully to the Iraqis that the presence of our forces in Iraq is not unlimited.

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result.

In many regards, what is most notable about the President's budget is not what is in the plan, but what has been left out.

I think that's entirely possible.

It is inconsistent with what the Supreme Court did.