Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis.
“Because I believe actually the more you do something, the less frightening it becomes because you start to realize the outcome is not as important as you think.”
“If Edwards gained 60 pounds and lost all his hair, he'd look like Dick Cheney!”