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

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.

I'm so overexposed, I'm making Paris Hilton look like a recluse.

My abiding faith in the American people is undiminished. That's still what drives me every single day.

[The Democrats] have got to do a better job of showing up.

History doesn't always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.

Even while we may at times disagree, as friends sometimes will, the bonds between the United States and Israel are unbreakable and the commitment of the United States to the security of Israel is ironclad.