Richard Myers Quotes (76 Quotes)

The information gleaned when we picked up Saddam Hussein led to a better understanding of the structure of the insurgency, ... We think there are some of the leadership of this insurgency that have been caught up in the sweep.

The forces they have are exactly what Gen. Franks wanted, what all his component commanders agreed to, what he agreed to, what we all agreed to as we tried to put this plan together.

You know, you can never be perfect in a tragedy like this. You'd like to be perfect and be there the moment someone needs help. But as hard as these people tried and the states tried, it's just not possible.

the stakes are much higher today.

It is integral to our ability to structure ourselves to be able to defend this country well into the future,

I'm convinced that we're going to be able to identify a plan of work that may be possible to achieve during this interim period,

Some of the biggest losses we have taken are due to Iraqis' committing serious violations of the law of armed conflict and the Geneva Conventions by dressing as civilians and luring us into surrender situations and opening fire on our troops.

If terrorism wins in Iraq, the next 911 is right around the corner.

I use the term irrelevant because at this point, they're not going to be able to communicate with the people of Iraq that will all be shut down, ... They won't be able to communicate within certain parts of Baghdad.

Right now he has been so marginalized there is not a city under his control, ... His militia has either melted away, or been either killed or captured.

Because we follow these Web sites, we tend to believe that that's probably true. We don't know more than that right now, ... Fox News Sunday.

I think this is going to be a long, hard-fought conflict, and it will be global in scale,

The stakes in this war on terrorism simply couldn't be higher,

It's hard work. It is hard slogging, ... We have made tremendous progress. And we're winning.

He will not be the head. He may have a role to play, but that vetting has yet to take place, ... This Week.

It's just a little more activity in the last couple of days than we have seen in the last couple of years. But we don't think it means anything more than what we've been seeing

Iraqi actions to do so would not only violate this law, but could be considered a war crime in any conflict

We know that Syria is harboring some of the senior regime leadership, at least their families, probably some of the senior members. We know that,

They attacked Iraqi security forces, trying to keep people from signing up to defend their country. ... We have more recruits than we can actually, than the Iraqis can handle, ... Face the Nation.

Simply studying a DNA sample when we don't know which genes are regulating skin care is science fiction.

It's been a pleasure to become a part of this organization. I've had one of the friendliest receptions here that I can remember.

It's important the international community participate in Iraq,

They are not the ones that have the initiative here. We have the initiative, ... The opposition groups have the initiative. Just last night and the night before, we put in a couple more teams with opposition leaders -- and the more teams we get on the ground, the more effectively we'll bring air power to bear on the Taliban lines.

I don't think this committee or the American public has ever heard me say that things are going very well in Iraq, ... This is a hard struggle.

Nothing was ever approved officially by anybody to the best of my knowledge that was not humane and in accordance with the Geneva Conventions,

Who would have access to the DNA in the future What if the company goes bankrupt Would they actually sell the DNA commercially to someone else in order to make money