But I also made it clear to him [Vladimir Putin] that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.

Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.

The crew of the shuttle Columbia did not return safely to Earth; yet we can pray that all are safely home.

Americans do not turn away from duties because they are hard.

Today the Iraqi and Afghan people are on the path to democracy and freedom. The governments that are rising will pose no threat to others. Instead of harboring terrorists, they're fighting terrorist groups. And this progress is good for the long-term security of all of us.

I've got a dad who jumps out of an airplane.

The United States Navy carries the might and the mission of America to the farthest parts of the world.