If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

If I am going to pick and choose the laws I defend, I wouldn't be doing my duty as attorney general.

As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence gathering.

In the midst of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Putin invaded the Republic of Georgia. Let's call it for what it is. Here is Vladimir Putin with a failing Soviet franchise. And when he can't win the hearts and minds of his neighboring nations, he uses energy extortion, masked gunmen and barbed wire.

I was the first Republican in the country to support the president's Clean Power Plan.

If Vladimir Putin is conscious and aware of his standing in the world economy, he has to understand this aggression in Crimea is not helping the reputation of Russia as a modern nation where you can do business. He's back to the old Soviet ways and a lot of folks are going to hold back and pull back as a result of it. I think he may have second thoughts.

You can see the actions that the Russians are trying to take in eastern Ukraine. And so it's so important that we take actions to deter further Russian aggression against the Ukrainian people.