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• I think there are some mass destruction capabilities that are still inside Iraq. I think there's some weapons that have been shipped over the border to Syria. But I don't think we're going to find that their capabilities provided the imminent threat that many feared in this country. So I think it's going to be a tough search, but I think there's stuff there.

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  Country, Thinking, Mass Destruction

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• I have grown up with guns all my life, but people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them.

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  Army, Gun, Assault Weapons

  "CNN Crossfire", transcripts.cnn.com. June 25, 2003.

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• I'm spiritual. I'm religious. I'm a strong Christian and I'm a Catholic but I go to a Presbyterian Church. Occasionally I go to the Catholic church too. I take communion. I haven't transferred my membership or anything.

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  Christian, Spiritual, Religious

  "'I'm Spiritual. I'm Religious. I'm a Good Christian.'". Interview with Steven Waldman, www.beliefnet.com. December 2003.

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• The campaign in Iraq illustrates the continuing progress of military technology and tactics, but if there is a single overriding lesson it must be this: American military power, especially when buttressed by Britain's, is virtually unchallengeable today. Take us on? Don't try! And that's not hubris, it's just plain fact.

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  Military, Technology, Iraq

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• One of the principles that we operate on in this country is that leaders are held accountable. The simple truth is that we went into Iraq on the basis of some intuition, some fear, and some exaggerated rhetoric and some very, very scanty evidence.

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  Country, Simple, Iraq

  "Gen. Wesley Clark: Iraq war based on 'misjudgment'". Interview with Aaron Brown, www.cnn.com. August 15, 2003.

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• It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.

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  Military, Important, Principles

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I think we're at risk with our democracy. I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame.

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  Memories, Thinking, Risk

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• When you use force, people get hurt, and when you kill people, their relatives don't like it. And usually war has some unanticipated consequences so it's something you shouldn't launch into, on the expectation that this is going to rally the nation. This is not like 'Friday Night Lights'.

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  Friday, Hurt, War

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Actually when I was wounded and recovering in Japan. I went to church there and I remember on the air base where their hospital was, I remember coming out of that church and feeling like I had been - at that point I just felt very, very close to God and that I'd done the right thing with my life. And I knew I wasn't going back to Vietnam. I just knew I wasn't going back.

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  Air, Japan, Feelings

  "'I'm Spiritual. I'm Religious. I'm a Good Christian.'". Interview with Steven Waldman, www.beliefnet.com. December 2003.

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• Veterans have had a long record of leaning towards the Republican Party. I think that's changing. I think that President Obama has the strongest record with veterans among any president in my lifetime.

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  Party, Thinking, Long

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• Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law - not the rule of force - governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again.

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  Rights, Together We Can, Law

  "Twenty Year Vision for America". Wesley Clark's speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, January 10, 2004.

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• President George Bush had the courage and the vision and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship.

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  Grateful, Vision, President

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• We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.

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  Country, War, Winning

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• Certainly there’s a connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda. It doesn’t surprise me at all that they would be talking to Al Qaeda, that there would be some Al Qaeda there or that Saddam Hussein might even be, you know, discussing gee, I wonder since I don’t have any scuds and since the Americans are coming at me, I wonder if I could take advantage of Al Qaeda? How would I do it? Is it worth the risk? What could they do for me?

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  Talking, Iraq, Risk

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• There's no question that Saddam Hussein is a threat Yes, he has chemical and biological weapons. He's had those for a long time. But the United States right now is on a very much different defensive posture than we were before September 11th of 2001 He is, as far as we know, actively pursuing nuclear capabilities, though he doesn't have nuclear warheads yet. If he were to acquire nuclear weapons, I think our friends in the region would face greatly increased risks as would we.

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  Thinking, Wmd, Long

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• I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.

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  Forgotten, National Security, Security

  Wesley Clark's speech at the 2004 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Richmond, Virginia, February 7, 2004.

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• It was of tremendous comfort. I always said my prayers at night. My mother taught actually me to say prayers at night but most of it came from the church.

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  Mother, Prayer, Night

  "I'm Spiritual. I'm Religious. I'm a Good Christian". Interview with Steven Waldman, www.beliefnet.com.

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• I like Hilary Clinton. I think she's - she's a fantastic leader.

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  Thinking, Leader, Fantastic

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• Nothing is going to hurt this country - not bioweapons, not a nuclear weapon, not a terrorist strike - there is nothing that can hurt us if we stay united and move together and have a vision for moving to the future the right way.

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  Country, Hurt, Moving

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• I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander in chief, our president George Bush...

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  Thinking, President, Done

  "Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics", votesmart.org. October 20, 2003.

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• As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden. We are not going to live in fear in this country.

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  Country, America, Priorities

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• This is kind of hard to articulate, but in broad outline, the United States is going to do what the United States has to do.

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  United States, Kind, Broads

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I like Hemingway and I like a lot Jewish writers (such as) Saul Bellow.

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• What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.

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  Military, Gossip, Forever

  "60 minutes" with Dan Rather, www.cbsnews.com. November 19, 2003.

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• We've proven to be quite flexible and adept in the way that we've changed what was the original pattern of air activities into something that's now very focused on the battlefield.

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  Air, Patterns, Way

  "NATO: Aerial photo may show mass graves in Kosovo". www.cnn.com. April 11, 1999.

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