I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats.

Pessimism is rife in Israel.

On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East.

As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.

I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution.

America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.

Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.