For the Record.(News Briefs)(Brief Article)

-- President Bush: "We will no doubt face new challenges, but we have our marching orders. My fellow Americans, let's roll." . . . "We are the target of enemies who boast they want to kill: kill all Americans, kill all Jews, and kill all Christians. We have seen that type of hate before, and the only possible response is to confront it and defeat it.". . . At U.N.: "Time is passing. Yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September 11th." . . . Dan Quayle, on Fox News: "I know that Saddam Hussein is a terrorist. He tried to kill President George Bush in 1993 in Kuwait. He has used chemical weapons against his own people in the north. We know he has a terrorist nation and he rules with terror and he is exporting terrorism beyond his borders." . . . Sen. Joe Lieberman (D., Conn.), on CNN: "The president's war-on-terrorism policy is correct. When we get done with the Taliban and bin Laden, then Saddam has to be next.". . . Undersecretary of State John Bolton, in New York Times: "Had these people had ballistic missile technology, there's not the slightest doubt in my mind that they would have used it." . . . In ABC News/Washington Post poll, 71 percent support "sending a significant number of U.S. ground troops into Afghanistan." . . . 43 percent say U.S. "should be doing more" to prevent terrorism-up from 27 percent in October. . . . In Bloomberg News poll, Bush leads Gore in 2004 matchup, 59 percent to 30 percent. . . . Former CIA director Jim Woolsey on BBC: "Basically, the country was on a beach party for the 1990s."

-- Attorney General John Ashcroft announces "wartime reorganization" of Justice Department: "Defending our nation and defending the citizens of America against terrorist attacks is now our first and overriding priority." . . . "The half-life for a chief of staff is two years," says White House chief of staff Andy Card. "There are very few people who had the experience I am having that survived very long, and that is appropriate. There is no security. I will not vest in the pension system at the White House."

n Following GOP gubernatorial losses in New Jersey and Virginia, speculation mounts that Jim Gilmore's days as RNC chairman are numbered. . . . Of 36 governorships up for election next year, Republicans hold 23 of them. . . . Charlie Cook: "The numbers alone suggest that GOP dominance of the governorships may be in its final days." . . . House minority leader Dick Gephardt: "The now-traditional Republican campaign issues of tax cuts and cultural issues are no longer effective." . . . Republican consultant Mike Murphy, in Washington Post: "It's better to take a beating as a Republican for making the necessary but tough, but fair, spending cuts, than it is to try to become a Democrat ...