Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom

I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

There are countries that prefer to think that they're buying comfort at the cost of others, but I don't think that's the way you can act in this world. There are no neutral groups.

Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.