The rich hire lawyers and accountants for a reason - to pass the tax bill on to you.

Iraq has stockpiled biological and chemical weapons, and is rebuilding the facilities used to make more of those weapons.

Wall Street got drunk and now it's got a hangover. And the question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do those fancy financial instruments?

And our security will require all Americans to be forward-looking and resolute, to be ready for pre-emptive action.

Foreign fighters are travelling into Iraq to make it a front line in the war on terror. And I would rather defeat them there than face them in our own country.

We may discover resources on the moon or Mars that will boggle the imagination, that will test our limits to dream. And the fascination generated by further exploration will inspire our young people to study math, and science, and engineering and create a new generation of innovators and pioneers.

I don't feel like I've got all that much too important to say on the kind of big national issues.