We think it is in our nation's interest that Afghan women - or any women around the world - not suffer.

It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.

We've come to know truths that we will never question: evil is real, and it must be opposed.

There's a way to accomplish the separation of church and state and at the same time accomplish the social objective of having America become a hopeful place and loving place.

American foreign policy must be more than the management of crisis. It must have a great and guiding goal: to turn this time of American influence into generations of democratic peace.

Some call this civil war; others call it emergency -- I call it pure evil.

It is a tough choice. In war, people die. But when we refuse to confront the enemy, we will face the enemy in New York and Washington, as we did on 9-11. As for responsiblity, of course we stand by our decision to go to war on Iraq. President Kennedy said that friend and foe alike should know where America stands.