Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

I will not seek reelection the United States Senate but will retire from public service in January 2013. There is no reason other than the fact than I think it's time.

The Reagan years showed us that expanding economic freedom should be the North Star - the guiding light - of U.S. policy, because it is the best way to achieve sustained and broad-based prosperity for all.

It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

The family is the focal point of our existence. And up until Jane and Lucy's death, there were always 16 of us together for Christmas.

Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can.

The single moment when I knew that I had to get busy and do more was around the death of my son.

Death is caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time.