I served on the Armed Services Committee for 18 years and we must lead, or the job won't get done, unfortunately, for our country.

I was a member of the Armed Services Committee for 18 years. I spent a big chunk of my life studying national security issues and our role in the world.

I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

Mitt Romney has a history of being a great job creator. Secondly, he was a great governor. He went from billions of dollars in the hole when he became governor to billions of dollars in surplus when he left. And he went from the loss of tens of thousands jobs when he became governor to the creation of 40,000 new jobs when he left office.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

Leaders have to lead.

People have accused me at times of having too big of a heart.But I have to also to say I must keep the people of my state safe. So we take a pause [in taking refugees].