Assessment Quotes

“I think the intelligence I've seen over the past year has been very, very good.”

“The country is not in good condition.”

“I believe that the situation in Iraq is very serious.”

“The Iraqi security forces are getting better, but they're not yet good enough.”

“The South Vietnamese are losing the war.”

“Colleges should not be judged by the test scores of their incoming students, but by the quality of the students they graduate.”

“He never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one.”

“He's more of a facilitator than a scorer. He's not a guy who's going to get you 25 points. He's going to get you 25 assists.”

“Let's be clear, we were not successful. We were not successful in getting the ministries up and running. So we didn't get that part of our mission accomplished.”

“This man has a nice smile, but he's got iron teeth.”

“Air power is the most difficult of all forms of military force to measure.”

“Iraq was a more dangerous place than we did think it was before the war, not because of WMD.”

“The French have shown themselves to be unworthy of victory, but the Russians have not shown themselves to be worthy of it.”

“Standardized tests are not the be-all and end-all of education. They are one tool, and we need to use them wisely.”