As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge.

If you have got high-ranking officials reaching down five levels in the bureaucracy to drag an analyst up to their office to berate them and threaten their jobs because they don't like the conclusions about an intelligence matter, that, in my view, is dangerous.

Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.

Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq.

America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose.

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students.

It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf.