We have huge national security issues in this country, and the United States Senate ought to be pushing President [Barack] Obama towards the proper policies that right now are a complete disaster based on his policies.

The Kurds are the greatest fighting force and our strongest allies. They're Muslim.

People with deep faith and big hearts are concerned, as I am about the circumstance that Ms. Schiavo is in. I want them to know I will do what I can, but there are limits to what any particular person - irrespective of the title they currently hold - can do.

I would not have gone into Iraq.

We need to unleash the military in unison with our partners in Europe and the Middle East to be effective.

I think Detroit would do real well if we started repopulating it with young, aspirational people.

We now have a national security consideration, public health issues, we have an epidemic of heroine overdoses in all places in this country because of the ease of bringing heroine in. We have to secure the border.