If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly.
The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.
There's no question but that I don't answer things I don't want to answer,
I have seen the answer to that question migrate in the intelligence community over a period of a year in the most amazing way.
The test is who's going to outlast the other, and the answer is we're going to outlast them.
I will answer that one question, ... The president has stated what the policy is, the secretary of state has stated it, and I have stated it. And it's all exactly the same, so I think the stories that have been playing are just inaccurate and mischievous.