We must prepare for everything.

[Sheehan] deserves some consideration, and I think that should have been done right from the beginning.

Things aren't getting better; they're getting worse. The White House is completely disconnected from reality. It's like they're just making it up as they go along. The reality is that we're losing in Iraq.

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.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

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

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.