We need to talk to all the players in the Middle East, not because we agree with them, but because they play a role.

Israel gets more than half of all the military purchasing assistance that America gives to all the nations in the world.

We are being Americans when we hold our government to account. We are being false to our troops when we send them to a needless war, betraying their trust when we shortchange them on protective equipment, and cheating them when we silently cut their benefits.

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 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.

War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.