Senator Clinton and Senator Obama said that we could not succeed militarily. We have.

They want to set a date for withdrawal. I believe that would have catastrophic consequences.

he was right and the Democrats dead wrong.

We are succeeding, and we can succeed. And American casualties overall are way down. That is a direct contradiction to the predictions made by the Democrats and particularly Senator Obama and Senator Clinton.

All I can say is that, yet, there are other neighborhoods of Baghdad where kids are out playing soccer and people are in the street.

The surge is working.

We probably should hold with 15 brigades for a while and see how the progress goes.

the situation is improving there.

Pastor Rod Parsley, who is here, and thank you for your leadership and your guidance. I'm very grateful you're here, sir.

Well, just because he endorsed me doesn't mean I endorse everything he said.

Everybody knows that, that I had a conversation. There's no living American in Washington that knows that. There's no one.

The main factor out there is that Americans are hurting right now. And they don't care too much whether it's technically a recession or not. So, I would say that it's very likely.

I'm a conservative Republican.

I'm a conservative Republican. So, when I was approached when -- we had that conversation back in 2004, I mean, that's why I never even considered such a thing.

John McCain relives his youth and surprises the incumbent president by concealing a joy buzzer in his palm.

I am very, very grateful and pleased to note that tonight, my friends, we have won enough delegates to claim with confidence, humility and a great sense of responsibility that I will be the Republican nominee for president of the United…

I intend to have as much possible campaigning events and together as in keeping with the president's heavy schedule. And I look forward to that opportunity.

If the phone rang at 3:00 a.m. in the white house and I was the one to answer it, I would be the one most qualified to exercise the kind of judgment necessary to address a national security crisis.