The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice.

These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.

The United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will.

Russians understand strength, and if they feel that their opponents are weak, they will take advantage of it.

We are a nation at war. This is also a time for hard choices. It's about ensuring that we are able to prevail in the conflicts in which we are now engaged. But it's also about being able to be strong and disciplined in applying our nation's limited resources to defending America.

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.

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.