Michael Walker
Michael Walker
drawn environment
I was just really drawn to the campus, and to the environment we have here,
finish four miles pace race today
The idea today was to finish the race strong, ... If I had to go harder, I probably could have done another four miles at the pace I was running.
bathroom break cut given time
I didn't see him at all, so I didn't know he was that close, ... My bathroom break must have given him some time to cut the lead.
dinner few ours private
It's a private dinner for a few friends of ours with the vice-president. It's by invitation-only.
continue democracy doubt iraq iraqis point present provided providing reach reform sector security training
I have no doubt that, provided we can keep the training and the security sector reform going, and providing some of the reconstruction will continue at the present rate, we'll reach a point where we can see an Iraq that is self-governing, providing its own security and has a democracy of the form that the Iraqis want,
blowing direction wind
With the wind blowing like it is and the direction it's blowing in, yeah, I'm very concerned.
draw line nice suspect
There is, in my view, a nice line to draw between what could be described as 'ill-disciplined celebratory fire' and mischievous fire, which is where I suspect we are at the moment.