I think that dealing with guns is one way to handle the violent-crime issues that we have in this country.

To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.

I have been to this point unwilling to sign on to same-sex marriage primarily because of my understandings of the traditional definitions of marriage. But I also think you're right that attitudes evolve, including mine.

The War on Drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws.

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

Iran has agreed to deepen our coordination as we work to locate Robert Levinson, missing from Iran for more than eight years. Even as we rejoice in the safe return of others, we will never forget about Bob. Each and every day our hearts are with the Levinson family, and we will not rest until their family is whole again.

America's strong bonds with Israel are well known - this bond is unbreakable.