The intelligence community agrees 30 percent of the terrorists released from Guantanamo are known or suspected to have already re-joined the fight against Americans_- a statistic that translates to a horrific reality.

To go through the agonizing process of learning how to walk again and write again and speak again makes you much more empathetic to people.

I've got a chart here that shows our debt-to-GDP ratio. And while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in trillions rather than in billions. And I think that represents a long-term danger, especially to the, the American dream.

The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.

There is no doubt that in the last years of the UPA's rule, a certain lethargy had set into the way the central government went about its business.

Politics doesn't interest me in the least.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

In addition, as citizens, we must fight in their incipient stages all movements by government or party or pressure groups that seek to limit the legitimate liberties of any of our fellow citizens.