I've never professed to be anything but an average student.

The US has a vital interest in that area of the country.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

I can identify with steelworkers. I can identify with workers that have had a difficult time.

I work with the president almost on a daily basis. I was with him until 6:30 last night. I'll be with him Thursday morning. We talk every day.

Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesnt help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes todays intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.