We've got to hope that he will take steps to end the stress on the forces, because this force is under huge stress, ... He's seen firsthand that mistakes have been made. He could forcefully decide that he's going to speak out and speak up.

The election could lead to a change for the better, which is everybody's hope, but it might be a step toward crisis and toward all-out civil war.

I think the only hope that we have, really, of redeeming ourselves here and winning back some of the support that this incident has cost us [is] if we act as an open society that will deal with problems openly, that will hold people accountable.

The presence of our forces in Iraq is not unlimited. The administration's repeated statements that we will stay in Iraq as long as needed sends the wrong message. We should not mislead the Iraqis into thinking that they have unlimited time to reach a broad-based political settlement.

will vote overwhelmingly against it but will be unable to defeat it.

I hope the plans of the task force will be enacted in an improved way. This is just a baseline discussion, prompting discussion. We want people to think about what our University's education should be - the end result ought to be better.