Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda.

We're happy to see, obviously, the resounding support for Judge [Merric] Garland, an unbelievable - unbelievably strong, unquestioned excellence as a judge for the last 18 years on the second highest court in the land and somebody who's dedicated his life to the law.

We've seen some good progress, some good forward momentum. We have about Republican senators who have now indicated that they'll meet with Judge Merric Garland.

Sunday afternoons at a parish center - or a community center - is familiar territory for me.

I’m indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John’s in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown.

Being religious is quintessentially American.

I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family.