I feel a special kinship with our military personnel, veterans, and their families. After all, two of my decisions sent them into harm's way.

The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

I talked about the human suffering in Iraq. And I also saw the need to advance a freedom agenda. Imagine a world in which Saddam Hussein was there, stirring up even more trouble in a part of the world that had so much resentment and so much hatred that people came and killed 3,000 of our citizens. I've heard this theory about everything was just fine until we arrived and the stir-up-the-hornet's- nest theory. It just doesn't hold water, as far as I'm concerned. The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the Middle East.

Theres a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say.

I strongly believe that marriage should be defined as between a man and a woman. I'm troubled by activist judges who are defining marriage. I've watched carefully what's happened in San Francisco where licenses were being issued, even though the law states otherwise. I have consistently stated that I will support law to protect marriage between a man and a woman. And obviously these events are influencing my decision.

Our nation must come together to unite.

Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.