You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can't visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.

I want to make sure America has got the best education system in the world. And we're retaining our workers for the jobs of tomorrow.

Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick.

The Asia Pacific is home to nearly half the world's population, a growing middle class and holds so much opportunity for us all.

When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the children of Israel had longed to return to their ancient homeland. When I went to Sderot and saw the daily struggle to survive in the eyes of an eight-year-old boy who lost his leg to a Hamas rocket, and when I walked among the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, I was reminded of the existential fear of Israelis when a modern dictator seeks nuclear weapons and threatens to wipe Israel off the face of the map - face of the Earth.

We understand the concerns that people have with not only protecting our values, but our privacy interests as well. We think that the USA Freedom Act was a good resolution of that.

I think the American people recognize that the world has shrunk. That it's interconnected. That you're not going to put that genie back in the bottle.