“On April 13 [2003], [Vice President Dick] Cheney hosted a small dinner to celebrate the fall of Hussein. The few invited included [vice presidential Chief of Staff] Scooter Libby, [Deputy Secretary of Defense] Paul Wolfowitz, and [former Donald Rumsfeld Aide] Ken Adelman… Over dinner, the group toasted [President] Bush and victory in Iraq. Cheney was high on his partner. ‘It is amazing his courage,’ the vice president told his guests. ‘When do you think all this started,’ Adelman asked. ‘I am pretty sure it was decided right after 9/11 to go in,’ Cheney said, ‘but it took us all too long if you ask me.’ ”
– Peter Baker, Days of Fire, Page 266