The White House was signaling that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein was of such urgency that it had priority over the crushing of al Qaeda.

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away.

I have had national security background, 10 years on the Intelligence Committee, the last two years as chair.

We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence.

During the Cold War, we gathered information by listening to the Soviets, taking pictures of the Soviets, and we allowed our human intelligence to decline.

I consider my voice to be a centrist moderate voice among the nine Democratic candidates.

The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.

Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.

nations never see themselves clearly in the mirror, much less when war preys on their minds

Take 5" is the practice if spending 5 minutes a day giving focused attention to your hopes for your talent.

Stupid entropy ruins everything.

Envy is a deadly sin!

The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.

Apparently, in the eyes of the law, my admiration of Justin Bieber is creepy.

I'm not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there.

We have known about the placebo effect for many years. This is a remarkable effect - placebo can cure 30 percent in many cases.

Have faith in God and in yourself; that will cure all. Hope for the best, expect the best, toil for the best and everything will come right for you in the end.