The Reagan Administration, generally regarded as having conducted the most successful Transition of modern times, had managed during the election campaign to build bridges to the Democrats in some areas, notably foreign and national security policy.

Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.

To allow the Bush administration to evade accountability and continue to hide behind a smoke screen of 'national security' is to do grave and irreparable damage to the Constitution and the guarantee of human rights that people in this country could once be proud of.

For 50 years, the Republicans have been accusing the Democrats of being soft on national security.

The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.

All of Britain's aid is spent in Britain's national interests, and some of it contributes to Britain's national security as well.