Veterans have had a long record of leaning towards the Republican Party. I think that's changing. I think that President Obama has the strongest record with veterans among any president in my lifetime.

I would have been a Republican, if Karl Rove had returned my phone calls.

I tremendously admire, and I think we all should, the great work done by our commander in chief, our president George Bush...

Working together, we can build a world in which the rule of law - not the rule of force - governs relations between states. A world in which leaders respect the rights of their people, and nations seek peace, not destruction or domination. And neither we nor anyone else should live in fear ever again.

President George Bush had the courage and the vision and we will always be grateful to President George Bush for that tremendous leadership and statesmanship.

This is kind of hard to articulate, but in broad outline, the United States is going to do what the United States has to do.

Already the scent of victory is in the air.