The Air Force is pulling nine cargo aircraft from military operations to support President Obama's stepped-up visits to campaign events. Good, now he can carry his entire ego with him on the trail.

You can't buy peace by just wishing it and avoiding the challenges that other nations present to you.

We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster.

I think that we ought to be a tolerant nation. I think we ought to be tolerant people. But we shouldn't set up special categories for anybody. And I'm for the rights of everybody, including gays, but not any special rights.

I'm not above acting like a seal every once in a while and waiting for the next fish, I just don't want to do it all the time.

I'd just say the flies get bigger in the summertime. I guess the flies are buzzing.

And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up