With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have an obligation to give real reform our best shot.

The ethics laws do not let us tap out the truth in Morse code.

Even under the best of circumstances, the road back from war is difficult.

If we are going to have a health care program that works for all Americans, we are going to have to get beyond the blame game.

Merging the ability to conduct surveillance that reveals every aspect of a person's life with the ability to conjure up the legal authority to execute that surveillance, and finally, removing any accountable judicial oversight, creates the opportunity for unprecedented influence over our system of government.

Men and women who have served in harm's way experience higher rates of divorce and suicide. Many battle the debilitating effects and stigma associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

I think I've got the best job around.