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.

This current government in Iraq has never fulfilled the commitments it made to form a unity government with the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shia. We have worked hard with them within the confines of our ability to do that but we can't dictate to them.

The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

Closing Guantanamo Bay is not a military solution. The closing of that prison, which I support, I supported it when I was in the Senate, requires more than just a military dimension.

Iraq was a war of choice, like Vietnam.

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

Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.