I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president.

President Obama has made it his mission that we welcome our troops home with care, and concern, and the respect they deserve. That is how an exceptional nation says "thank you" to its most exceptional men and women.

The big hang-up was George Bush wanted to get life lines, you know, so he could call somebody.

That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.

Our cause in the war on terror isn't helped when we have army officers like Lieutenant General William Boykin speaking in evangelical churches and claiming this as some sort of battle for the Christian religion. That's wrong. That's un-American.

We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia's behavior.

It's likely that people will say we're all interested in destroying - ISIL is a threat to everybody. There isn't one country in the region that doesn't despise what ISIL stands for and is doing and that doesn't want to eliminate them.