We must work toward the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and an end to policies which cause this country to move toward the weaponization of space.

Because of my life experience and because of my public life experience, I have the ability to lead this nation and to bring all people together and to lift up the cause of this nation so that we once again become a nation that comes from the heart and reconnect with our optimism to really create a nation that we can all be proud of.

In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with the utmost seriousness. I am quite aware of the historic fight that has lasted the better part of the last century to bring America in line with other modern democracies in providing single payer health care.

Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.

War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal.

We cannot avert our eyes without staining our souls.

The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear.