Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.

There is a much cheaper way, less complicated way to bring Iraq and Saddam Hussein to its knees: it is simply to send the Bush economic team over there and let them run the country.

Strong leadership demands more than the willingness to use force. It means directing the use of the right tools at the right time for the right purpose and the right cause.

I think the United States is still the indispensable force for positive change and for rule of law and for order and structure.

We will not be derailed by criminal anarchists who legitimately claim a religious cause.

I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up 'Stars and Stripes Forever.'

There should be a Transatlantic renaissance between the US and Europe based on shared prosperity, security, and values.