What really happened in Vietnam was- all these things are away games for the American military. We're not on our home turf, which means to succeed there has to be a partner. And the definition of partnership is someone willing to risk their lives in their home area to prevail because they think it's necessary to build a decent life and a better life for their people.

I want a man who had the good sense to marry Michelle Obama.

I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.

$100,000 donors buy access to Congress and the White House. We believe it's long past time to clean up Washington.

I don't think the Republicans can damage my character

...the fact [is] that our borders leak like a sieve: those things cannot be permitted to continue in good conscience.

If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.