We are at a crossroads over how the federal government in Washington and state legislatures and city councils across the land allocate their financial resources. Which fork we take will say a lot about Americans and our values.

I seek to call America home to those principles that gave us birth.

When I was in the war, I was lucky that I was in a plane and never saw the carnage close-up.

I make one pledge above all others - to seek and speak the truth with all the resources of mind and spirit I command.

I seek the presidency because I believe deeply in the American promise and can no longer accept the diminishing of that promise.

I think it was my study of history that convinced me that the Democratic Party was more on the side of the average American.

This dogged, same track approach (by the NCI) is even more astonishing.