At Odessa We Became Texans, And Proud

Please Don't Ask Me To Do That Which I've Just Said I'm Not Going To Do, Because You're Burning Up Time. The Meter Is Running Through The Sand On You, And I Am Now Filibustering.

I Have Survivor's Curiosity, I Guess.

Service Is Never A Simple Act; It's About Sacrifice For Others And About Accomplishment For Ourselves, About Reaching Out, One Person To Another, About All Our Choices Gathered Together As A Country To Reach Across All Our Divides.

Extending The Ground War Into An Occupation Of Iraq, Would Have Incurred Incalculable Human And Political Costs. Had We Gone The Invasion Route, The U.s. Could Conceivably Still Be An Occupying Power In A Bitterly Hostile Land. It Would Have Been A Dramatically Different - And Perhaps Barren - Outcome.

I Don't Write Letters Anymore.