If he simply held them, every action by a Bush-Cheney administration would be scrutinized for whether it was helping Halliburton's stock price.

Unfortunately, these significant lessons of history have not been learned by the Bush-Cheney administration.

As unfortunate as the shooting was, the Bush-Cheney administration should, rather, be held responsible for what it has done intentionally.

Of the 24 foreign policy advisors, 17 served in the Bush-Cheney administration.

The book argues that "The Bush-Cheney administration... orchestrated 9/11 in order to promote this empire under the pretext of the so-called war on terror."

"This country, in my opinion, cannot continue on the path that the Bush-Cheney administration has charted for America," he told his listeners in West Des Moines.

So there is no real reason now to be surprised that the Bush-Cheney administration is attempting to do serious damage to programs that help children.

He went on to suggest that the Bush-Cheney administration was waiting for an opportunity to attack Iran.

During the interview Clarke made a number of statements about the Bush-Cheney administration which were the subject of controversy.

If he had kept the stock options, any decision in a Bush-Cheney administration would have been scrutinized for whether it was helping Halliburton's stock price.