Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the Nazis and then in fear of the Soviets, the outcome was by no means certain.

No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces.

We need to end permanently the tax that punishes American values of savings and investment and of building small businesses and family farms and ranches.

According to the Small Business Administration, more than 70 percent of all family businesses do not survive through the second generation, and 8 percent do not make it to a third.

The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors.

For the vast majority of places in America, there is no way you can build a security system such as we have here because of the high priority this rates in terms of terrorist interests.

History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.