A strong State Department to me means a corps of career officials who believe that their job is to advocate America's interests and who are trained in effective advocacy, not schooled in accommodation.

I don't much believe in bumper sticker characterizations of foreign policy.

The only thing that will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons is regime change in Tehran.

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

I haven't given up on the possibility that sweet reason will prevail.

The North Koreans will sell anything to anybody for hard currency. If Al Queda came up with enough dollars to buy a nuclear weapon from North Korea I don't have any doubt that the North Koreans would sell it to them.

I don't think I would have to run a campaign that's financed like General Motors.