I have made education a top priority of this Administration because when we get it right, when every child learns, America will be a more hopeful place.

On 9-11, we discovered that we cannot escape from the world. To me personally, this was a life-changing experience, and I realized, as did all Americans, in a way that is impossible to describe, that we were not protected by the two oceans. It was necessary to eliminate threats before they showed up on our doorstep. I agree that we should not be getting caught up in far away wars. But I believe Iraq was central to our war on terrorism.

I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is fired.

It's time to restore honor and dignity to the White House.