I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.

If a person doesn't have the capacity that we all want that person to have, I suspect hope is in the far distant future, if at all.

Today at Pearl Harbor, veterans are gathering to pay tribute to the young men they remember who never escaped the sunken ships. And over the years, some Pearl Harbor veterans have made a last request. They ask that their ashes be brought down and placed inside the USS Arizona. After the long lives given them, they wanted to rest besides the best men they ever knew. Such loyalty and love remain the greatest strength of the United States Navy.

Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.

It was much easier for me to endure the belittling than it was to watch my dad get belittled.

In recent weeks we learned that scientists have created human embryos in test tubes solely to experiment on them. This is deeply troubling, and a warning sign that should prompt all of us to think through these issues very carefully.

Let's get rid of all our subsidies together. Let's join hands as wealthy industrialised nations and say to the world, we're going to get rid of all our agricultural subsidies together.