We need the cooperation of the Pakistanis. If we don't have any, we lose insight into the actions of those who would do our country harm.

Part of my job is to make sure the Northeast is part of our defense industrial base, and New Jersey has always played a role.

Our nation has invested millions of dollars in building safe, humane and, I may say, air-conditioned facilities to detain and prosecute the detainees at Guantanamo.

Diminishing violence is a goal everyone can support, and I look forward to participating in the debate when specific proposals come before the House.

We have defeated Gaddafi on the battlefield; now we must defeat him in our imagination. We must not allow his legacy to corrupt our dream. Let's keep focused on the true prize: unity, democracy, and the rule of law. Let's not seek revenge; that would diminish our future.

We believe - most polls indicate - a lack of support, a lack of confidence in the ability of the Congress to work. That is disturbing in terms of our general democracy.

I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without wanting to exercise draconian powers on behalf of anybody else - I can assure of that.

Being lectured by the president on fiscal responsibility is a little bit like Tony Soprano talking to me about law and order in this country.