One of the requirements I have used during my political career to decide whether we should do something is the issue of fairness.

I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.

This is costing us money, and the money to pay for this war is coming out of our Social Security surplus, so this is a big deal. This is not just a little sidelight that we're involved with today in this country, ... Early Edition.

I voted against it because the hypothetical surplus based on rosy 10-year projections in my opinion is a mirage, ... Late Edition

To say that the vote fraud conspiracy theorists are tilting at windmills is an understatement. They're using a legitimate public process to pursue an agenda that is, at best, grasping at straws and, at worse, partisan.

Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time.