There is no confidence in the Arab world today in the United States of America.

Hillary [Clinton] saying we're never going to put boots on the ground in Iraq, we never going to put boots on the ground in Syria petrified me, simply because, why - what if this continues despite out of control.

Bashar Assad is a major cause of the refugees which are now flooding Europe and causing such consternation in the United States.

I am not President Bush.

I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did.

Congress and the American people have good reason to fear that we are heading toward another permanent garrison of Americans in a Balkan country where our mission is confused, and our exit strategy a complete mystery.

We must be true to ourselves. And we must be true to others, whether they believe we are or not.