Giving peace a chance only gives Saddam Hussein more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows.

Subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence, because under torture a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain stop. Second, mistreatment of our prisoners endangers U.S. troops who might be captured by the enemy – if not in this war, then in the next. And third, prisoner abuses exact on us a terrible toll in the war of ideas, because inevitably these abuses become public.

Tolerance of dissent is the hallmark of a mature party, and it is well past time for the Republican Party to grow up.

America has much to gain in terms of jobs and trade by meeting the growing world demand for advanced, environmentally sound technologies.

I think [social media] is fundamentally restructuring the whole nature of information and how it's expressed in America.

Stategy in Iraq- defeat al-Qaeda; limit Iran's influence.

I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care.