The blame for the 9/11 attacks lays squarely and exclusively with the Al-Qaeda network.

It has been said that a nation reveals its character by the values it upholds.

In responding to a terrorist attack, there are only two choices - take the fight to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first.

I lived in Meadowbrook. I went to church at Meadowbrook United Methodist Church. I went to school at Meadowbrook Elementary School and then Meadowbrook Middle School. I learned to dance at Meadowbrook Country Club. All those things grounded me in one place and I think most of Fort Worth is just like the area I grew up in.

I started selling insurance in 1979 and continued doing that until 1985 when I opened my own insurance firm.

Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense...but when foreign aid is carefully guided and targeted at a specific issue, it can and must be effective.

It was while starting my business that I saw my first glimpse of government's impact on business.