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

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

There's always a balance, I think, any administration has to find in not just the military but in any agency of government.

We can't ... take that piece of reality in this business and set that aside and say, well, that doesn't count. And the Republicans on my side understand that the majority is in fact up for grabs next year. So there's not a decision made up here that doesn't have that factor coursing through that current.

We must prepare for everything.

You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.

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