Embryonic stem-cell research requires the destruction of life to create a stem cell. That's why I think we've got to be very careful in balancing the ethics and the science.

I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.

We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.

It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children.

My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt.

The fingers and toes and beating hearts that we can see on an unborn child's ultrasound come with something that we cannot see: a soul

"Reinvention" is a word that doesn't fit into my vocabulary.