We know he has been absolutely trying to acquire nuclear weapons and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons, ... Meet the Press.
We believe it is absolutely essential, ... It would be irresponsible for us not to move forward.
We will proceed drawing on other sources. We believe it is absolutely essential for us to get on with the business of a transition. Indeed, it would be irresponsible for us not to move as rapidly as possible to carry out these responsibilities.
absolutely convinced we did the right thing in Iraq.
It's absolutely essential that we do it in a way that protects and preserves our capabilities to deal with security in classified information,
It's a very serious problem, it's not just a difference of opinion. He makes these statements as if there's absolutely nothing wrong in the U.S. military, and then says ... we're going to spend $100 million to fix it. You can't have it both ways.
And most of it -- and I can tell you, Joe, that the government had absolutely nothing to do with it,