With the hurricane and with everything we haven't had a time that we could meet together, but we're still planning on meeting with people from the county to see if they have any interest.

These are not first-time volunteers. They are very community-minded, and they have long histories of doing really cool stuff with United Way and other charities across the country.

If you remind people that terrorists are actually planning to kill us, that tends to support the case made by President Bush.

We have been working on this since last year. As soon as the gates closed we started planning for this year.

Sir, our Iraqi partners have been conducting battalion and Brigade-size operations since April. They have been planning and coordinating with other Iraqi security forces, such as the Iraqi police and local government agencies, preparing for this referendum. Sir, we as coalition forces, we have taken a supporting role only as they prepare to execute this referendum.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.