I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

People should be allowed to express their opinion. But, Americans need to know I'll be making up my mind based upon the latest intelligence and how best to protect our own country, plus our friends and allies.

The only way we can win is if we leave before the job is...done.

How great the lie right to the top: We don't torture people in America and people who say we do simply know nothing about our country.

States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.

Please don't look at the part of the glass that is only half full.

Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe because in the long run stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty. ... The global wave of democracy has barely reached the Arab states. For too long, many people in that region have been victims and subjects. They deserve to be active citizens.