We need to put our faith and trust in the people on the frontlines -- and back it up with real resources. We need to make sure first defenders have the gear and support they need, and the benefits and protections they've earned. With new technology and ingenuity, by doing more to sustain our first defenders and calling on Americans to do more for their country, we can make our country stronger, safer, and more secure.

Reduce US military presence in Iraq; and bring in neighbors.

Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II. And, as I said just now, it represents a failure of the entire international community to come to grips with solving it.

From the moment I take office, I will stand up to the special interests and stand with hardworking families so that we can give America back its future and its ideals.

If you want to be a Jewish state and you want to remain a democracy, you have to have a two-state solution.

[Bashar] Assad has made a series of choices ever since then that is literally destroying his country.

The race for the White House should be about leadership, and leadership requires that one help heal the wounds of Vietnam, not reopen them.