For the vast majority of places in America, there is no way you can build a security system such as we have here because of the high priority this rates in terms of terrorist interests.

The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors.

Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.

As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years.

One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates.

The death tax punishes the American dream - making it virtually impossible for the average American family to build wealth across generations.

Change is tough, people don't like it, but it is necessary. Take two aspirins and call me in the morning.

Reducing the budget for Amtrak makes no sense unless the Administration is prepared to implement a reform strategy which can be supported by the budget request.

No one who knows my personal situation would think I am not sympathetic to the needs of the active forces.

Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the Nazis and then in fear of the Soviets, the outcome was by no means certain.

A number of the major terrorist captures we have made, the terrorist operations designed for the United States that we have interrupted, were enabled by the terrorist tracking program.

There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you’re useless, and the kind that fires your soul to purpose.

If you ignored the benign ghost that haunted the place and the witch who lived inside, it was practically the picture of normalcy.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.

The study of mathematics is the indispensable basis for all intellectual and spiritual progress.

New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break.

Most higher education is devoted to affirming the traditions and origins of an existing elite and transmitting them to new members.

An ample arse helps you to be weighed down and be grounded.

My mother tries to explain that I need support and that I'm just going through a period of adjustment. "Like puberty," she says.

Even the most powerful women I know go out of their way to say that they're not really interested in power. Imagine a man saying that.

Going back is a nice way to give definition to each of the characters because they are so vastly different. I would never want them to get blended together.