In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or grasp its impact.

Since the Revolution, eight generations of America's veterans have established an unbroken commitment to freedom.

The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf coast for our energy resources.

As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about voice. We got it wrong. It is about voice, video, and data, and that is what we have today on these cell phones.

The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years, have secured our nation unprecedented freedoms and made us the world's bulwark of liberty.