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

Governor Dean has no policy on Iraq evidently, except 'no.' 'No' is not a policy.

You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq.

If you don't believe ... Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.

I mean, all of these things that [Bashar Assad] has done, there's no way even if President Obama wanted to just play along that you could actually achieve peace, because there are 65 million Sunni in between Baghdad and the border of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, who will never, ever again accept Assad as a member - as a legitimate leader.

Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

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