If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.

As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.

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

The Ukrainian people should not be coerced. Make no mistake: the US stands together with the Ukrainians aspiring for democracy.

America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

I personally didn't see personal atrocities in the sense I saw somebody cut a head off or something like that. However, I did take part in free-fire zones, I did take part in harassment and interdiction fire, I did take part in search-and-destroy missions.

When the nations of the world look upon the United States, they see a country which has achieved what they would all like to become one day. Whether it is in the field of science, art, music, agriculture, politics, economics or war, the United States is the leader.