In our culture, security has become an obsession.

Maybe that is the best lesson I learned in my first semester at Yale, because if I had gone to a less-demanding school and continued to sail along on the top, I am sure I would never have attained the subsequent achievements in my life.

If you go into Hasakah province in northeast Syria, that's an area that's as big as Lebanon. It's controlled by the Kurds, the Christians and the moderate Sunnis. And there are airstrips and hotels. You could settle a lot of people there.All we would have to do is be willing to provide them with some weaponry, some defensive weaponry.

I consider myself a logical person and, you know, a lot of people try to categorize me in one way or another.

Of course, no religious test for the presidency - every faith adds to our national character.

You can understand why I'm a believer. I have seen miracles.

These are just things that we don't know, and that's where trust and faith come in.