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.

People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal.

I'm a very spiritual person and proud of my Mormon roots.

To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

At the end of the day, capital is a coward. It's going to flee from wherever it perceives risk to be present in the marketplace.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

Science is the process of crash testing ideas: you ram the idea head-on into a brick wall at 60mph, and knowledge is gained by examining the pieces. If the theory is solid, the pieces are from the wall. Then we build a bigger wall.