The message is for everybody who wears the uniform: get ready. The United States will do what it takes to win this war... And this is an administration that is going to dedicate ourselves to winning that war.

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

I simply said that I would do everything to help Taiwan to defend itself.

Africa needs help, no question about that but I'd rather prefer that the money is channeled. That's what I call smart aid; it's channeled through African civil society groups. These are the groups which can be held more accountable. These are the groups which will sort of monitor how the aid money is spent.

What I really think is going to happen over time is technology is going to change the way we live for the good for the environment.

I expect you to work hard on our agenda.

We may discover resources on the moon or Mars that will boggle the imagination, that will test our limits to dream. And the fascination generated by further exploration will inspire our young people to study math, and science, and engineering and create a new generation of innovators and pioneers.