My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.

The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.

Desperate men do desperate things when you take hope away. And that's where the Palestinians are today.

No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.

There are always consequences to actions that you take. There are consequences to inaction. And thinking through, asking the questions, "Well, then what happens? What comes next?" is critically important.

Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam.