America is the one that leads the effort to make sure the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is protected.

There are issues of war and peace. And then, there are issues of life and death like this one that are no less morally compelling than war itself.

The big hang-up was George Bush wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody.

There the Bush Administration has offered only a merry-go-round policy. They got up on their high horse, whooped and hollered, rode around in circles and ended right back where they'd started.

I will never conduct a war or start a war because we want to; the United States of America should only go to war because we have to. And if you live by that guidance, you'll never have veterans throwing away their medals or standing up in protest.

It's hard to say that something is legitimate when a whole portion of the country can't vote and doesn't vote.

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.