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.

We cannot continue to see the Middle East in the context of 9/11. We must see it in the context of 2011.

At every step of the way, George W. Bush has put the narrow interests of the few ahead of the interests of most Americans.

What we Americans need to do is respect that incredible blessing that we have as a nation and make sure that we are leading in the best ways possible.

I want to fully fund education, No Child Left Behind, special-needs education. And that's how we're going to be more competitive, by making sure our kids are graduating from school and college.

I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein. And when the president made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.

I will not stop in our efforts to hunt down and kill the terrorists.