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The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution.

So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind.

This is a global effort we're going to have to lead to overcome this jihadist effort. It's more than Osama bin Laden. But he is going to pay, and he will die.

Harry Reid and the Senate haven't passed a budget. Their pay should be reduced until they do.

People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent.

The process to resolve post-Islamic State issues will be difficult and intense.

The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so.

There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous.

We should not mislead the Iraqis into thinking they have unlimited time to reach a settlement. The longer they think that, the less likely they will be to act.