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Senator McCain said just months ago that Afghanistan is not in trouble because of our diversion to Iraq. I could not disagree more. Our troops and our NATO allies are performing heroically in Afghanistan, but I have argued for years that…
As president, he'll rebuild our alliances to take out terrorist networks.
Today, we confront the possibility of terrorists bent on our destruction possessing a nuclear weapon or bomb-making materials.
It's time to send a clear message to the world: America seeks a world with no nuclear weapons.
We must never let down our guard, nor suffer another failure of imagination.
I will send at least two additional combat brigades to Afghanistan, and use this commitment to seek greater contributions – with fewer restrictions – from NATO allies.
We cannot tolerate nuclear weapons in the hands of nations that support terror.
I opposed going to war in Iraq; Senator McCain was one of Washington's biggest supporters for war.
That is an achievable goal if we pursue a comprehensive plan to press the Iraqis to stand up.
I want America – once again – to lead.
It should have been apparent to President Bush and Senator McCain, the central front in the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was.
For weeks now, Senator McCain has argued that the gains of the surge mean that I should change my commitment to end the war. But this argument misconstrues what is necessary to succeed in Iraq, and stubbornly ignores the facts of the…
It is a huge disaster. We've got 7,000 foreclosures a day. If we had implemented some simple reforms around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, if we had had some serious efforts to curb predatory lending, a lot of these problems that we've seen…
I am absolutely convinced that, strategically, it is time for us to bring this war to an end.
George Bush and John McCain don't have a strategy for success in Iraq; they have a strategy for staying in Iraq.
I am absolutely convinced that strategically it is time for us to bring this war to an end. And we can bring our combat troops out over the course of 16 months, which would mean that we would have gotten our combat troops out two years…
The greatest threat to that security lies in the tribal regions of Pakistan where terrorists train and insurgents strike in Afghanistan.
We need more troops, more helicopters, better intelligence gathering and more nonmilitary assistance to accomplish the mission.