And the whole world, the whole world that believes in freedom, whether you're talking about personal freedom, economic freedom, religious freedom, they look to the United States for leadership; and you're part of that leadership.

I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.

When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability with nuclear, chemical, or biological warheads, then the MAD dogma makes even less sense.

But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.

I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector.

Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.

I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.