Well, the United States is a Pacific power. And we have always had a presence in the Pacific.

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

The president is out there today trying to talk about health care, and the reality is nobody cares about what he's saying on health care because this news is consuming everything. No president could tolerate that or should tolerate it.

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.

I don't think there's any question that America is safer as a result of the bin Laden operation.

I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Al Qaeda still remains a threat.