How Donald Trump reaches out to groups that may not have supported him, how he signals his interest in their issues or concerns, I think those are the kinds of things that can set a tone that will help move things forward once he has actually taken office.

I'll change the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces science and technology.

There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America.

We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard.

Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

The capacity of Iraq's security forces has improved, and Iraq's leaders have made strides toward political accommodation