If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

I’ve been married for 29 years. My marriage has been the greatest joy of my life. There is nothing conservative about denying other Americans the ability to forge that same relationship with the person they love.

America is the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets.

It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

I think we have to be very sensitive to our need to compete, moving forward, and a lot of that is tied to tax policy.

And the trajectory that our debt is taking now beyond $14 trillion is going to have an impact on our currency. It goes south, and our currency's going to have an impact on our standard of living and affect every family in this country, and over time, our international competitiveness.