Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.

He also strongly opposed a precipitous withdrawal arguing that a pull-out from Iraq before the country was able to govern sustain and defend itself "would be a strategic defeat for American interests with potentially catastrophic consequences both in the region and beyond. Bush from 2001 to 2005 and assisted President Barack Obama in choosing his national security team. He is a descendant of early 19th-century British immigrants from England and Scotland along with immigrants from Denmark and Norway.

Bush from 2001 to 2005 and assisted President Barack Obama in choosing his national security team. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.