Q:

After 9-11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have you learned from it?

President Bush:

I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it.

John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could've done it better this way or that way. You know, I just--I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet.

[ ... brief mention of Afghanistan, Iraq, WMD, and Saddam follows ... ]

I hope--I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't--you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one.