Generally speaking, Rand Paul is been more wrong than right. He has an isolationist view of the world that I don`t share.

There are always things that I think I wish I could have done better.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

If you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we've got a different definition of leadership.

We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance-algae... We could replace up to 17 percent of the oil we import for transportation with this fuel that we can grow right here in the United States.

One of the great things about being commander in chief is getting to know our men and women in uniform in a very intimate way, whether it's visiting Walter Reed and seeing our wounded soldiers, or being on a base and talking to families, or interacting with them on missions. They're the best of the best: always thinking about the mission, not thinking about credit, not thinking about who's up front.

We're not going to put the cart before the horse and just think by sending more troops, we're automatically going to make Americans safe.