For every fatal shooting, there are about 3 non-fatal shootings. Folks, this is unacceptable in America.

Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever.

The United States of America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons.

We have a strong and vital role to play in Iraq, and we certainly cannot leave a vacuum for the insurgents to take over. We are engaged in a conflict from which America cannot afford to cut and run. We must be steadfast in this endeavor, upon which depends not only our future but that of the entire modern world.

Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It's a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It's also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend-even a friend whose name it never knew.

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

Conspiracy theories abound in American politics. I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs.