Eric Greitens

The more successful Navy SEALs there are, the more glory it reflects on the community and the better it is for our country.

In failure, children learn how to struggle with adversity and how to confront fear. By reflecting on failure, children begin to see how to correct themselves and then try again with better results.

When you have law-abiding citizens who are actively ready to protect themselves and their family, that reduces crime.

We need to make sure we're making a distinction between violent felons who are in this country illegally and children who were brought here through no fault of their own, who have grown up here in America.

Your children should know that you're always there for them, and that they can call on you when needed. But give them the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems.

Children who know that they have something to offer others will learn that they can shape the world around them for the better.

I was raised to stand up for the little guy, for working families and the middle class.

When vets come home from war they are going through a tremendous change in identity. Then the VA, and others, encourage them to view themselves as disabled.

So Hell Week is considered to be the hardest week of the hardest military training in the world. It is a week of continuous military training during which most classes sleep for a total of two to five hours over the course of the entire week.

I came to see that it wasn't enough just to care about people. You also had to build systems in which you could ensure that there are results and accountability.

Young men often seek tests and trials, and to me, BUD/S training - basic underwater demolition/SEAL - seemed like the ultimate test.

It certainly could be that there are prejudices around. I can only speak to what I have lived, and I have experienced that people have been incredibly welcoming to me as a Jewish Republican.