I'm also honored to be here with the speaker of the House - just happens to be from the state of Illinois. I'd like to describe the speaker as a trustworthy man. He's the kind of fellow who says when he gives you his word he means it. Sometimes that doesn't happen all the time in the political process.

All of us here today understand this: We do not fight Islam, we fight against evil.

I think, not only Al Qaida have an ideology; they have tactics necessary to spread their ideology. And it would be a huge mistake for the United States to leave the region, to concede territory to the terrorists, to not confront them.

I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.

The best diplomacy starts with getting to know each other.

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness.

It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.