My own personal view is that people ought to have the right to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into. With respect to how that's affected or regulated by the State, those are State decisions. Different States are likely to make different decisions based upon their own wishes and desire of the people of the State, and that's perfectly acceptable.

I worry very much that we're in a situation now where there doesn't appear to be any limitation whatsoever in terms of the spending commitments that Obama's administration wants to make. Vast expansion in terms of the deficit, but it also says a lot about what they intend for the role of government in the society.

You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.

We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed - something no one expected and anticipated. And you could sit there and see and be aware that thousands of people were at that moment being killed as a result of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States.

Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

I'm more concerned with bad guys who got out and released than I am with a few that in fact were innocent.