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.

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

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.

The Taliban is resilient.

I'm not big on commissions.

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

We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground.