I said, going into Iraq, "We've got to take threats seriously before they full materialize." I saw a threat. I fully believe it was the right decision to remove Saddam Hussein, and I fully believe the world is better off without him.

We will fight with full force and might of the United States military.

We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God

This way of life is worth defending.

Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too.

I think by not participating in the current political debate, hopefully I'm sending a signal that will help set a tone.

Uganda's budget is 40 percent aid-dependent. Ghana's budget is 50 percent aid-dependent. Even if you cancel the debt, you don't eliminate that aid dependency. This is what I mean by getting to the fundamental root causes of the problem. Government, the state sectors in many African countries need to be slashed so that, you know, you put a greater deal of reliance on the private sector. The private sector is the engine of growth. Africa's economy needs to grow but they're not growing.