Condoleezza Rice

"And so the administration, I think, has said to the American people that it is a generational commitment to Iraq."

"Well, that's not how I read the statement ... After all, do Iraqis really want to -- any Iraqi, sitting around that table, want to suggest that killing an innocent Iraqi child standing at a bus stop i…"

"If you have any doubt about the degree with which this is self-defense, just look at those pictures from September 11th."

"Senator, I'm happy to continue the discussion, but I really hope that you will not imply that I take the truth lightly."

"We have had some bad incidents and there continue to be allegations of others which will be investigated; but overwhelmingly American forces there, putting their lives on the line every day, protectin…"

"The United States doesn't and can't condone torture. And I want to make very clear that that's the view and the policy of the administration, the policy of the president, and that he's made very clear…"

"The United States government does not authorise or condone torture of detainees. Torture, and conspiracy to commit torture, are crimes under US law, wherever they may occur in the world."

"I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to…"