I am fully supportive of 'open service' and committed to LGBT military families.

I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.

This is a complicated time to govern in the world today because of so much going on and it's coming at us at such an unprecedented rate.

Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.

If we have to continue to live under sequestration, it will have a maximum impact on our ability to fulfill the president's strategic guidance. We can't do it all. It's as simple as that, with the limitations of the budget as severe as they are. These deep, abrupt cuts have forced us to make decisions that are not in the interest of America.

We must prepare for everything.

I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't a country in the world even close to America.