We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.

You've got soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division who are going every day on operations and they don't all have what is considered to be the gold standard in armor

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

Media scrutiny is a great trademark of the American political arena.

A number of people who have supported me on the border fence in the U.S. have observed the fences in Israel and their effectiveness.

The decision to leave [Iraq] should be based solely on the judgment of the combatant commanders on the ground who say, "My Iraqi counterparts can now handle this particular area of the country on their own with minimum American support or with no American support." When they can do that, we should leave.

Of all the nations in the world, the people of the United States like freedom maybe a little better than anybody else.