We have to make America the best place in the world to do business.

We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran.

One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the terrorist attacks. A significant chunk was taken out of the economy by what happened after the attacks of 9/11.

I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.

I'm up in the Senate most Tuesdays when they're in session.

The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.

I think freedom means freedom for everybody.