The average term length of a member of congress is approaching 15 years, and the average term length of a convicted criminal is less than three. We've got that backward.

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

Writers are storytellers. So are readers.

Bill Clinton is not my Commander in Chief.

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

God knows, we don't want prayer.

I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.