We need not risk our national honor to prevail in this or any war.

I have the greatest appreciation for Governor [Sarah] Palin and her family. There's great joy to know them.

While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service.

I've seen enough killing in my life. I know how precious human life is and I don't need a lecture from you.

I will not leave the Republican Party, ... The Republican Party is my home.

The president(Obama) comparing him to a kid in the back of a classroom, I think, is very indicative of the president's lack of appreciation of who Vladimir Putin is. He's an old KGB colonel that has no illusions about our relationship, does not care about a relationship with the United States, continues to oppress his people, continues to act in an autocratic fashion.

I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need.