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The one thing we know about the future is that it will not be like today. I don't think that people should be too anxious about not knowing what they are going to do in the future, because we really can't know.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.

Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional steps to avoid a trade-off between protecting ourselves against terrorists attacks and preparing for and responding to natural disasters.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

If we aren't going to be afraid of conflict, we have to see it as thinking.

We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.

We talk a lot about operational control, and that's having a better understanding of who's coming in and who's leaving, what the threat really is. We're never really going to get that.