I will seek out the best advice, and I will create a strategy and I will persuade the American people what the role of America should be. I've laid out a policy of rebuilding our military.

There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.

There's 6 million people living in poverty today, more than when Barack Obama got elected. 6.5 million people are working part-time, most of whom want to work full-time. We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

If we're serious about America's leadership in the world, then we need to make sure that we have the back of the armed forces.

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms of a poll.

I am my own man. I governed as a conservative, and I govern effectively.

A strategy would be how do we mobilize support for the remnants of the Syrian Free Army, and it might require combat troops to inspire an international effort.