I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.

A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that every idea is right, that no one should criticize others positions, no matter how odious.

The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done this at considerable cost in dollars and Nigerian lives. The US should encourage Nigeria to stay in Sierra Leone.

Once you capitulate to one dictator, does that mean that the next dictator or the next terrorist that says you're not going to make a comedy about - or a film at all about ISIS. All of us in public life have a responsibility right now to speak out and to say, 'No, Sony, you did the wrong thing' and to say to Hollywood, come behind - the other studios should come behind Sony and offer their support.

Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.

The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.