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

I'm glad the President finally found an economic development program. I'm just sad that it's only in Baghdad.

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

America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.

You cannot bring peace in Syria as long as [Bashar] Assad is, in fact, there.

When President Bush sees America, he sees only a military superpower. I see a moral and idealistic beacon. Mr. Bush may talk about democracy all he wants, but it is not democracy to wilfully disdain and heap scorn on world opinion. We do not command moral leadership by starting pre-emptive wars.