The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.

Africa needs help, no question about that but I'd rather prefer that the money is channeled. That's what I call smart aid; it's channeled through African civil society groups. These are the groups which can be held more accountable. These are the groups which will sort of monitor how the aid money is spent.

It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children.

And the cornerstone of my economic policies, when I first got elected, was cutting taxes on everybody on who paid taxes.

I read the newspaper.

And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque, lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and laws.

Children and unborn children should be protected by law and welcomed into life.