I want you to remember when our White House reflected the best of who we are, not the worst of what Europe has become.

What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify his record?

It was the right decision to go into Iraq. I supported it at the time; I support it now.

I believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out people who pose a threat to us and our friends around the world.

I try and make it to the word exactly what I said four years ago and what I said was that those who've come here illegally should not be given a special pathway, a favored pathway to become permanent residents merely by virtue of having come here illegally. That they should be in line with everybody - they should be given the opportunity to get in line with everybody else but they go to the back of the line.

Frankly, I was born with a silver spoon.

It is time to acknowledge the extraordinary sacrifice of all of our veterans. While many Massachusetts soldiers served our nation in a period technically dubbed 'peacetime,' they restored American pride in the wake of Vietnam and helped bring a successful end to the Cold War. The service of these men and women was not without cost. There are countless stories of soldiers who served with great distinction only to be denied veteran status after returning home. Every man and woman who volunteered to serve this country should be treated with the same degree of respect, gratitude and dignity.