As I have said for two years now, when Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong to outsource the job of capturing them to Afghan warlords who a week earlier were fighting against us.

American can do better, and help is on the way.

I am a veteran, I fought in a war. I've been a prosecutor. I've sent people to jail for the rest of their life.

I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein. And when the president made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.

What remains unchanged is the principle, which is that we do not launch wars without overwelming reasons, and overwhelming alliances, and without overwhelming force.

I know something about aircraft carriers for real.

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