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

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

Change is tough, people don't like it, but it is necessary. Take two aspirins and call me in the morning.

At a time when the insurgents are saying that time is working against them, my Democratic colleagues are introducing a measure to set a timetable for withdrawal in Iraq that will undercut the momentum that the insurgents themselves say we have built in Iraq.

Similarly, today, we do not know what will happen as we wage the War on Terror. We do know that we can count on the strong support from our closest ally and friend in the world in winning this war to secure our freedoms and the freedoms for all peoples throughout the world.

The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.

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.