Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere.

We are all proud of is World War II where we went in, we were decisive, we came to the conclusion that freedom prevailed, and we were heroes.

I will never cede the authority of our country or our security to any other nation. I'll never give a veto over American security to any other entity - not a nation, not a country, not an institution.

We do not need to divide America over who served and how. I have personally always believed that many served in many different ways.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care, and concern, and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says "thank you" to its most exceptional men and women.

I just want to assure you that both President Bush and I have very firm alibis.